On cam: leopard attacks police, forest dept officials amid capture bid at Panipat village

Updated : May 09, 2022 10:01
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Editorji News Desk

A scary video was captured in Haryana's Panipat on May 7. An operation to safely capture a leopard went awry, and it was all caught on camera.

A station house officer (SHO) and two forest department personnel were injured in Behrampur village. They were responding to an emergency call by villagers about the presence of a leopard.

When the police and forest department spotted the leopard around 9:30 pm, the wild cat attacked them. Some police personnel were seen trying to stop the leopard by hitting it with a cane. Eventually, the big cat was tranquilised.

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Sanouli station house officer Jagjit Singh, Panipat forest department ranger Virender Gahlyan and the forest department’s veterinary surgeon Ashok Khasa were injured. Two of them were hospitalised, and were in stable condition.

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