Etawah: A lioness today died in Etawah district's 'Lion Safari', prompting Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to remove the Chief Forest Conservator.
Tapasya, a three-and-a-half-year-old lioness brought from Gujarat on December 28, died early this morning, director of the safari, Sanjay Srivastava said.
Tapasya, who came along with another lioness Jessica and a lion Pataudi, was taken ill soon after her arrival and was being treated by local as well as doctors from Bareilly, he said.
The post-mortem was performed by a team of doctors from Bareilly, Srivastava added.
The 'Lion Safari' is the pet project of the Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh.
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Taking serious cognisance of the incident, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has directed to immediately remove Chief Forest Conservator S K Upadhyaya.
"The CM has directed to remove the chief forest conservator immediately," an official spokesman said in Lucknow.
He said that a high-level committee has been constituted headed by retired IAS officer V N Garg to probe into such incidents.
