SNS KASHMIR
TANGMARG, MARCH 15:
A leopard strayed into a village in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday, leaving a 40-year-old man injured.
Reports said that the leopard entered into a residential house of Khursheed Ahmad Chopan in Check-i-Sulbaba village of the district, leaving a 40-year-old man injured.
The villagers informed the wildlife authorities who managed to tranquilise the animal before it could cause any damage.
Villagers said that a leopard was spotted in the village after which locals accordingly called the wildlife team immediately.
When wildlife officials failed to reach on the time, locals started making efforts to catch the beast during which it entered a nearby residential house, and injured a 40-year-old man, identified as Gh Mohammad Mir, a resident of Narpora -Chukar.
The leopard is still trapped in the house, but all the family members have been rescued safely by the villagers, he added.
He said that none among the officials have reached the spot to catch the leopard so far.
“We called them right away, yet none of them has come thus endangering the lives of people,” he added.