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2nd leopard spotted in Bahu Fort area, Operation on
Jammu Tawi, Apr 06: At least three persons were attacked and critically injured by a leopard in a busy green belt park area near Gandhi Nagar, Jammu city on Tuesday. However, the leopard was later captured by teams of the Wildlife Protection department by using a tranquilizer gun.
Officials told that on Tuesday morning, a leopard was spotted near a park of floriculture department in the green belt park area of Jammu following which teams of wildlife protection department and police rushed to the spot.
“An operation was launched to capture the wild beast,” said officials, adding that the staff of wildlife protection department made multiple attempts to shoot the animal with tranquilizer gun and at last succeeded and captured the wild animal.
JAMMU: Panic gripped Jammu city on Tuesday when a leopard strayed into a park in the posh Gandhi Nagar locality and injured three persons before being captured by wildlife officials.
Those injured include wildlife protection official Dildar Khan, a wildlife department helper Ranjeet Katoch and an 80-year-old resident Ganga Ram.
A wildlife official said, “A leopard was spotted by locals in the Green Belt Park and they immediately informed the police. By the time police and wildlife department teams reached the spot, the animal had already injured one person.” It took almost three hours for wildlife officials to capture the beast.