MP Updates: Tiger Cub Found Dead In Bandhavgarh Reserve; Two Kids Drown In Sehore Pond

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): A female tiger cub was found dead in the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve (BTR) in Umaria district of Madhya Pradesh, a forest official said on Friday.

Prima facie, the female tiger cub, aged around one-and-a-half years, died because of a fight between big cats. However, the exact cause of the death will be known after the autopsy report, Panpatha Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) Forest, B S Uppal said.

The carcass of the female cub was spotted by a tourist in the BTR's Jagua beat on Thursday, after which he alerted the forest staff, he said.

"It appears that the cub died on Wednesday," the official said that post-autopsy, the last rites were performed of the animal as per the norms. 

Two boys drown in pond in Sehore

Two boys drowned in a pond at a village in Sehore district of Madhya Pradesh, police said.

The incident occurred at Manpur village on Thursday, an official said.

"Two children, identified as Anmol and Ritik, both aged 12 years, went to take a bath at the pond around 10 am. After they failed to return home, their family members started searching for them," he said.

Mandi police station in-charge Maya Singh said the victims might have ventured into deep water and got drowned.

On being informed about the incident, a police team reached the spot and fished out the bodies and sent them for postmortem, the official said.