Union minister Maneka Gandhi, a known wildlife lover, is furious with Maharashtra Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar - for handling the issue of Tigress T1 (popularly known as Avni) badly and for involving trigger-happy shooter Nawab Shafat Ali Khan - and is not about to rest without ensuring that action is taken against him.

The Union minister has been closely monitoring the case and had expressed her displeasure at Khan's involvement. She had taken a serious note of the series of reports in mid-day, which had also highlighted that Principal Chief Conservator of Forests – Wildlife A K Misra had sent a senior woman forest department officer to Khan's hotel at night to apologise over a perceived slight.