Konda was one of the biggest tiger at Kanha who could bring down with 
ease a one ton bison. He was master of a large territory of the reserve and slated to rule for a long time. No other tiger could match Konda's hunting prowess nor his power and strength. In his prime he sired many cubs.
He could have disseminated more of his prime genes had not tragedy befallen upon him.
In spite of being the best managed park in India, Kanha National Park is subjected to poaching incidence now an then. This time the victim was Konda who was trapped in a poacher's snare and injured. The snare damaged his paw but not so much that he could not hunt.
In the meantime two males probably sired by him had reached adulthood and separated from their mother, hence were keeping together for some time as young male tigers often do. They hunted together successfully and grew stronger.
Konda's presence in the area was not a welcome sign for the pair as he was a strong adversary and could come in their way of carving out their own respective territories. Tigers live a solitary life.
Eventually a territorial fight ensued with Konda alone in against the young but matured pair. The pair could have been no match for Konda but the injury took his toll and he was killed in a fierce fighting that terrified the forest guards in jungle camp nearby.
What is unfortunate is that territorial fight rarely lead to the death of the adversary as there is plenty of room to run away before a deadly injury results from the fight. But this could not be as his injured paw must have immobilized him after the exhaustive fight with pair.
A magnificent tiger in prime was later discovered as dead. Another tiger lost thanks to poaching that is causing the extinction of the species in India.
