A video of a scary rampage by a leopard in Assam's Jorhat has gone viral.
The video shows the wild cat jumping over the boundary fence of a building, and leaping straight at a car. The leopard then jumps off the vehicle and runs on the street away from the person capturing the video. The car follows the leopard as it enters a residential area.
At least 13 people, including 3 forest personnel, were injured in the leopard attack, as per reports.
The leopard was found moving around the campus of the Rain Forest Research Institute (RFRI) in Chenijan area of the district since early morning. The residents of the campus informed the forest department and a team rushed to the spot to capture the animal.
The big cat attacked 10 residents of the campus and three forest personnel, before fleeing the area. Forest personnel made several attempts to tranquilise the leopard but the big cat was still at large and efforts were underway to track and capture it on the night of 26 December.
The injured people were admitted to a hospital and their condition was stated to be stable.
RFRI is surrounded by acres of forests and the leopard is suspected to have come out of there.
(With PTI inputs)
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