A report from the post-mortem of tigress T1 has driven a bullet right through the state's claims that the big cat was shot in self-defence. A representative of the state forest department concluded in the report that T1 was 'facing away from the shooter', and the tranquiliser dart showed no sign of being fired by a tranq gun.

The state claims that tigress T1 was shot in self-defence, but that's not what the pictures from the post-mortem say. mid-day has accessed the post-mortem witness report, which concludes that T1 "was facing away from the person who fired the bullet."