This picture was clicked by an environmental activist on January 9, when the dead tiger was brought to the Namuk village in Arunachal Pradesh. It was killed by poisoned arrows and then bled to death.

Photo courtesy: Mid-Day

There was no basis for the report of a tiger being killed by villagers in Arunachal Pradesh's West Siang district last month as claimed by a national tv channel and a local daily on January 25, police sources have said.

The Assistant Superintendent of Police of West Siang H Lalin went to the village in Namuk area, 30 km from the headquarters town to investigate on Friday, they said. The investigation was carried out at the request of the forest department.

"If anything of this sort happened it could not be possible without our knowledge and we would have taken action against the wrongdoers, whether they belonged to the community or outside," the village head told the police investigators.

The police team also failed to find two villagers Tapak Kato and Kagra Gephu who were named in the media report.