Tiger Cub dies in Bandhavgarh

Bad News!
A 6 month old male tiger cub dies on 25th April in Bandhavgarh following a most bizzare incident/accident on 21st April. The caracass of a cub was recovered in Bandhavgarh on 25th April. Most believe it to be of the cub that ran into safari gypsies in Chakradhara area.
According to conflicting reports there were 5-6 vehicles with about 25 occupants in Chakradhar around 6.30 am on the fateful day when a cub broke away from the Chakradhara female and came towards the "parked vehicles". After going around a number of these vehicles, the cub went under a vehicle owned by Satyendra Tiwari, a known naturalist of the Park. People beleive that the cub got burnt because of the heat of the engine or silencer. This theory sounds implausible as no engine or silencer of a parked vehicle can burn a tiger cub to death!
According to second, again unconfirmed version, there were just 2 vehicles - one of the naturalist mentioned above and the other of a senior forest offcial. In panic the driver(s) started the engine and the tiger cub under the vehicle sustained injuries and succumbed to these later.
Whatever be the truth, a case under Wildlife Protection Act has been registered against Tiwari and he is seeking bail in the matter.
All agree that the accident was quite unintentional. The identity of the cub is yet to be established.

This accident throws up one question about safe distance that the over - zealous drivers need to maintain when taking visitors inside the park.