An adult tiger was found dead on the bank of Binayi stream in Nawalparasi East on Wednesday evening.

 According to Shishir Lamsal, officer at the Division Forest Office in Nawalparasi East, a team of veterinarians from Chitwan National Park carried out a postmortem on the tiger on Thursday. 

“The female tiger was found dead due to infection of a deep wound that it incurred while fighting with another tiger,” Lamsal quoted a veterinarian as saying. 

The tiger sustained injuries on its back.