East Sikkim divisional forest officer for wildlife Dechen Lachungpa said that attempts at tranquilising the animal were not successful till 2 pm. "There was no proper sighting of the animal, we were able to see it only twice. The animal seemed to have climbed to the first floor as many hours had passed since morning and it was in the circuit room of the BSNL office then. It is a big room with many smaller rooms inside with lots of wires and electric surges. We tried to cut off the electricity to that room so that when crackers are bursted to scare the animal, it doesn’t catch fire. But that attempt failed as there was a backup generator, the lines to which could be disconnected. So we gave up on the idea of scaring the animal with crackers in that room. There was no window, so we removed two AC units that were at a 3-ft height. Through that, we tried to see the animal. We sighted it just once,” Lachungpa said.

Sikkim Police DIG (Range) Sonam Tenzing Bhutia was also present at the spot with Sikkim Police personnel. He highlighted how the situation had unfolded since 5.30 in the morning with the Himalayan black bear creating panic. Speaking with media earlier in the day, he said, "The police and forest officials were not able to control the situation as the attempts at tranquilizing the animal failed till then. I appeal the public that they must avoid morning walks over this lockdown as there is peace everywhere, traffic and public movement is not there, hence animals are moving and other animals could also follow. Hence, safety measures over the lockdown with no movement being made by the public in the dark.

The animal was finally tranquilised around 5.30 pm. Forest officials said it was in a very aggressive state of mind because of the tranquiliser.