Suspected man-eater leopard shot dead in Udaipur forests after attacking police constable

Udaipur Range IG Rajesh Meena told The Indian Express that constabulary teams were hunting for the leopard successful the aboriginal hours of Friday erstwhile it attacked 1 of the constables. The authorities wood section had antecedently issued shoot-at-sight orders for the suspected man-eater, which is suspected to person made its archetypal connected September 19.

“At astir 6.30 am, a leopard abruptly came retired of a bush and attacked our constable. It was astatine that infinitesimal that our constable instantly fired connected the leopard. The archetypal slug deed its little cervix region. Later, different officials changeable astatine the leopard. In total, it had 4 wounds,” helium said.

According to the officer, the leopard was spotted Thursday but it escaped. However, whether this is the carnal liable for the attacks would lone beryllium known pursuing an autopsy.  “For that, the samples of its intestine person been sent to Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, wherever it volition beryllium tested for the beingness of quality flesh,” Meena said.

The leopard attacks had sparked protests in Gogunda wood scope past month, prompting wood officials to acceptable up cages and besides enlist the assistance of the Indian Army to assistance seizure it. Four animals person been captured earlier this but killings continued contempt these efforts.

According to Deputy Conservator of Forest Udaipur North Ajay Chittora the section volition proceed utilizing cages until post-mortem results corroborate that the leopard killed is simply a man-eater.

“We can’t instrumentality immoderate risk. We person asked the villagers to beryllium alert. After the post-mortem, the leopard volition beryllium cremated,” Chittoda said.