Bahraich,

Oct 18 (HS): Once again a leopard

has been caught after coming from the forest to the populated area in the

district for hunting. The leopard was captured at midnight on Thursday in a

cage installed by the Forest Department in Ayodhyapurwa village adjacent to the

forest. He was rescued by the forest personnel and taken to the range office

and after health checkup, the process of releasing him into the forest was

started on Friday. DFO B Shiv Shankar said that wild animals often come from

the border forests of the district in search of prey.

One such leopard was

synonymous with terror for the people in Sujauli Gram Panchayat of Sujauli

police station area for many days. The leopard was attacking people. To catch

him, a cage was set up in Ayodhyapurwa on October 12. Last Thursday night at

around 1 o'clock, the leopard came and got imprisoned in the cage installed by

the forest department. It has been rescued along with the cage and brought to

the range office by the forest personnel. DFO said that the leopard will be

released in the forest after its health checkup by a panel of three doctors.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi