Nandan had counter-attacked the feline and pierced his thumb into its eyes
Mysore/Mysuru: A leopard that had remained elusive for 22 days after attacking a 12-year-old Nandan at Beeregowdanahundi near
Kadakola in Mysuru Taluk was finally trapped. Last midnight, the feline fell into a cage kept by the Forest Department near the farm house where the boy was attacked.
This morning, villagers and Nandan’s father Ravi heard loud growls from the cage and they alerted the Forest Department. It is a male leopard aged around seven to eight years. Nandan was attacked on the evening of Feb. 21 at his father’s farm house where he had been along his father to feed hay to the livestock. Daringly, Nandan pierced his finger to one of the eyes of the attacking leopard that bit his shoulder.