The leopard that strayed into Nagpur’s IT park 4 days in the past continues to be believed to be hiding within the metropolis, as officers have did not hint its location.
The leopard was first noticed on Friday by two residents of Gayatri Nagar locality. It then jumped off the campus wall of the National Electrical Training Institute (NPT) from the home of one of many two residents. The forest division had began looking for the cat but it surely was not discovered. It had additionally put in lure cameras contained in the NPTI premises however no images of the animal had been captured.
The presence of the leopard was confirmed from the footage of an IT firm’s CCTV digicam.
The leopard was not discovered on Sunday as properly. However, on Monday, it was noticed by a safety guard close to Punjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth (PDKV) campus, about 4 kilometers from NPTI. Nagpur Deputy Conservator of Forests Bharat Hada mentioned, “The security guard there said that the leopard had also attacked a dog, but it could not kill it.”
Speculation concerning the hiding of a leopard in a drain surrounded by dense vegetation close to the Maharaj Bagh Zoo has been doing the rounds since Monday. But even there the officers couldn’t hint it.
On Tuesday, an worker of the Taluka Agriculture Officer’s workplace adjoining to the zoo knowledgeable the forest division {that a} leopard might have killed a pig close to the workplace and ate it too. “We saw the carcass of the pig, but it did not look like a leopard kill, as some of our experienced staff told us. It is also possible that the pig may have been killed by stray dogs,” Hada mentioned. “But we are not ruling out any possibility,” he mentioned.
When requested how the animal might attain the zoo, Hada mentioned, “The areas it handed via are all linked by a drain and the leopard might have used it to achieve the zoo space. All these areas, together with the Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology adjoining to the NPTI, have massive forest-like vegetation unfold over a number of hectares, which supplies a secure hiding place for the leopard.
The forest division has put in lure cameras and cages on the locations the place the animal is believed to have come. Several groups have additionally been deployed for evening patrolling in these areas.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
