The petitioner further said that the Forest Department officials, without realizing the situation of the cub, had forcibly taken it away and put it up at the Zoo in Chennai and prayed for its custody.
As per the police, the mother of the girl told that at around 6 pm the incident happened and she took her girl to the local doctor and got the treatment. The victim girl along with her mother were sent to the Hedgewar Hospital for the medico legal case (MLC).
A working committee headed by the Additional Chief Secretary (Health) at the time was established in 2019 to address the threat in the state. However, the number of cases have continued to rise
