<p>Malappuram, Kerala: The <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/tiger">tiger</a>, which killed a rubber-tapping worker near Kalikavu nearly two months ago, was on Sunday trapped in one of the several cages set-up around the area where the incident occurred, the forest department said.</p>.<p>A forest official of the district said that intensive search operations involving three separate 20-member rapid response teams with tranquilisers and a veterinarian each had been searching the forests around Kalikavu since May 15 for the feline.</p>.Death of five tigers in Karnataka: Eshwar Khandre suspends two officials.<p>It got trapped in one of the cages in the wee hours of Sunday, the official said.</p>.<p>The tiger was identified in May as one from the Silent Valley National Park based on its image captured by one of the camera traps set up in the area.</p>.<p>Besides camera traps and thermal camera drones, the department had also deployed kumki elephants (trained captive tuskers) to look for the tiger.</p>.<p>On May 15, 45-year-old Gafoor was attacked and dragged into the forest by the tiger when he and a friend were going for rubber-tapping work.</p>
<p>Malappuram, Kerala: The <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/tiger">tiger</a>, which killed a rubber-tapping worker near Kalikavu nearly two months ago, was on Sunday trapped in one of the several cages set-up around the area where the incident occurred, the forest department said.</p>.<p>A forest official of the district said that intensive search operations involving three separate 20-member rapid response teams with tranquilisers and a veterinarian each had been searching the forests around Kalikavu since May 15 for the feline.</p>.Death of five tigers in Karnataka: Eshwar Khandre suspends two officials.<p>It got trapped in one of the cages in the wee hours of Sunday, the official said.</p>.<p>The tiger was identified in May as one from the Silent Valley National Park based on its image captured by one of the camera traps set up in the area.</p>.<p>Besides camera traps and thermal camera drones, the department had also deployed kumki elephants (trained captive tuskers) to look for the tiger.</p>.<p>On May 15, 45-year-old Gafoor was attacked and dragged into the forest by the tiger when he and a friend were going for rubber-tapping work.</p>