Angul: Tigress Sundari will not be relocated from the Satkosia Tiger Reserve, confirmed Wildlife Institute of India researcher Ramesh, who visited the forest on Sunday and met local people.

The local villagers are on the agitation following the death of a woman, who, they alleged, had been mauled by the tigress.

He said: "The incident was unfortunate. But because of a stray incident, the tigress cannot be relocated. We are chalking out plans to stop such incidents. The tigress will not be sent back to Bandhavgarh."

"The relocation project is a large, and only after reviewing all its aspects, the tigress was brought here. Tiger relocation is a planned project, and it's difficult to change the decision."

Chief wildlife warden Sandeep Tripathy also confirmed the development.

The post-mortem report of the deceased, Kailashi Soya, 35, of Hatibari village in the Satkosia wildlife sanctuary was received on Monday. But, it did not specify whether her death had been caused by a tiger.

Quoting the report, collector Anil Kumar Samal said: "The death of Kailashi was due to asphyxia, and the wounds are due to wild animal bites according to the autopsy report."

Purunakote police have registered three separate cases pertaining to the violence that occurred on September 12 following the killing of Soya near her village.

"The Tikarpara range officer has named some leaders of praja samiti, while in the two other FIRs, some other names have been mentioned. Purunakote inspector-in-charge will further investigate," sub-divisional police officer H. Pani said.