Kolkata:
A Royal Bengal Tiger was tranquilised on Friday after it wandered into a village in the Sunderbans in South 24 Parganas district.
The tiger swam across the Olion canal and entered a school playground and thereafter went to a paddy field at Kishorimohanpur village in Kultali area, DFO S Bandopadhyay said.
Forest personnel encircled the field and shot five tranquiliser darts at the tiger which was taken to a camp after it fell unconscious, he said.
The tiger would be released back in the forests today.
Deer would also be released subsequently to ensure that the tiger had enough food and did not venture back into human habitation, he said.