Nagpur: A leopard has come back to haunt Nagpurians and this time it has ventured into the residential area near Gorewada International Zoo. In Zingabai Takli area of West Nagpur, a leopard is suspected to have killed a calf on Wednesday night.
The incident, as per the reports, occurred around 10 pm in Sawant Society. A youth in the locality witnessed the leopard in action. The news about spotting a leopard and its attack on a calf triggered panic in the area. Though locals got in on the act and tried to search for the leopard, it managed to make a good escape after the kill. Though the youth claimed to have seen the leopard, the locals are still not sure as to the entry and exit of the leopard.
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When the citizens made loud noise, the leopard fled the scene abandoning the dead calf, said a local resident. The spot is about 500 metres away from the high tension tower line on Zingabai Takli road. The Gorewada Zoo area is located just half a kilometre away.
In the past also a leopard was sighted in the nearby residential localities surrounding the zoo. Also camera traps showed a leopard on the compound wall of the zoo in the past. Local police officials were alerted and they in turn apprised the Forest Department about the matter.
