WB-TIGER-PANIC

West Bengal village in state of panic after 'tiger' scare
    Hooghly, Jan 20 (PTI) Panic gripped residents of
Kanaipur village in Hooghly district of West Bengal on Monday
after CCTV footages of an unknown animal led to suspicion of
it being a tiger.
    Locals were kept guessing since morning, when footages
captured by the CCTV installed outside a shop showed the
animal prowling around in the vicinity of the village in
Konnagar.
    Unable to recognise the animal, puzzled villagers then
informed the police.
    Chandananager Police Commissioner Humayun Kabir,
however, said the animal in question could either be a civet
or a fishing cat, but not a tiger.
    "Police has examined the footages and come to this
conclusion," he added.
    Kabir said the forest department has been called in
and urged the locals not to harm or capture the animal.
    On January 1, a similar incident had taken place at
Rishra in the district, where a big fishing cat was killed by
people, mistaking the animal to be a tiger. PTI CORR BSM
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