Three tiger cubs were found killed after being hit by a train in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district on Thursday, officials said.
Chief Conservator of Forests SV Ramarao said while two cubs were found dead in the morning, another dead tiger cub was found half a kilometre away in the evening.
The cubs, around six months old, were apparently hit by Balharshah-Gondia train between Chandrapur and Nagbhid stations around 7.30 am, said Rishikesh Ranjan, general manager of the State-run Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra.
Pug marks of a tigress, which could be the cub’s mother, were found in the vicinity, said Ramarao.
