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The team will be headed by the Deputy Conservator of Forest, either wildlife or territorial. The task force will also include an assistant conservator of forest, one range forest officer, four deputy range forest officers, eight forest guards, and 40 watchers. According to the officials from the Karnataka Forest Department (KFD), a proposal for this will soon be sent to the government and the task force will be constituted in a month from now. ​

According to senior officials, the decision to shoot the leopard was taken after all other options had been exhausted. Officials also said that special permission was sought from the Chief Wildlife Warden before shooting the animal.

Foresters in Bengaluru shot dead an elusive leopard that had been causing fear among residents for the past five days.  | Bengaluru News

After three days of intense search operations, forest department officials tracked the wild cat in the city's outskirts at Kudlu Gate near Electronic City in Bengaluru South.

Foresters shot dead the elusive leopard on Wednesday that had scared Bengaluru residents for the past five days.