Camera traps set up to identify animal responsible for woman’s death in Nilgiris

The forest department has deployed 10 camera traps around the area in Anumapuram in The Nilgiris forest division where a woman was killed by a carnivore recently.

The victim, R. Parvathi (56), a daily wage worker, had ventured out of her home after dusk on April 11, 2026 and is believed to have been killed by a carnivore, most likely a tiger, though the forest department is still in the process of verifying the species of animal behind the attack.