Indore, March 10: A residential complex in Indore got the shock of their lives when a full-grown leopard invaded the area and wreaked havoc in it on Friday. Pictures and videos of the wild cat straying into a house in Palhar Nagar area is flooded all over the social media and it is scary as hell. The leopard injured four including a forest official before being captured. The wild beast with spots ventured into humans inhabited area in search of food and water and his stroll caused a massive panic among them. It took a lot of effort to get the situation under control.

“The leopard, around 8 years old, had come from a forested area near here and caused panic among local residents. It injured two forest staffers and one employee of the Indore Municipal Corporation while efforts were on to capture it,” Uttam Yadav, in charge of the civic-run Kamla Nehru Zoo said. He said that it was finally captured after being hit by two tranquilising darts. It would be released into the wild after mandatory medical tests, Yadav said.

Watch: Leopard Wreaks Havoc in a Residential Area in Indore

Watch: Shocking Footage of Leopard Taking Down People One by One

It is ironical how the leopard populations in India is decreasing and on the other hand, we see a rise in frequent leopard attacks in different parts of the country. Are the wild animals to be blamed whose natural habitats are encroached by us? With rising human population and diminishing forest covers, these attacks is bound to rise manifold in the coming future and in a majority of cases, the wild cats meet brutal death at the hands of defending humans who are also hapless and have to fight for their lives.

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