Several coffee estate labourers leave plantations fearing big cat Ponnampet: The tiger that has caused the death of three human beings and more than 10 cattle heads has remained elusive. Though armed with capture-or-kill orders from the Government, the Department has not been successful in netting or shooting the tiger since Feb. 20, when the first human being — teenager Ayyappa — fell prey. The very next day, 60-year-old Chinni was killed. After mauling eight-year-old Rangaswamy to death in Bellur last Monday morning, the tiger attacked his grandfather 52-year-old Kencha Shetty and his condition is critical but stable, according to doctors treating him at a private hospital in Mysuru.