Four days after it strayed into Nagpur metropolis, leopard nonetheless at giant

The leopard that had strayed into Nagpur’s IT park 4 days in the past remains to be believed to be holed up within the metropolis, with authorities failing to hint its location.
The leopard was first seen on Friday by two residents Of Gayatri Nagar locality. It had then jumped over the adjoining compound wall of National Power Training Institute (NPT) from the home of one of many two residents. The Forest division had launched a seek for the feline however failed to search out it. It had additionally put up entice cameras contained in the NPTI campus however no image of the animal was captured.
The leopard’s presence was confirmed by footage from CCTV cameras of one of many IT corporations.
There was no hint of the leopard even on Sunday. On Monday, nevertheless, it was seen by a safety guard close to the Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth (PDKV) campus, about 4 km away from NPTI. “The security guard there said the leopard had also attacked a dog but couldn’t kill it,” mentioned Nagpur Deputy Conservator of Forest Bharat Hada.
Throughout Monday, there was hypothesis in regards to the leopard hiding in a nullah surrounded by thick vegetation close to Maharaj Bagh Zoo. But the officers couldn’t hint it there both.
On Tuesday, a staffer from the Taluka Agriculture Officer’s workplace, adjoining to the zoo, knowledgeable the Forest division {that a} leopard had in all probability killed a pig close to the workplace and eaten it too. “We saw the pig carcass but it didn’t seem like the kill of a leopard, as some of our experienced staffers have told us. It is also possible that the pig may have been killed by stray dogs,” Hada mentioned. “But we are not ruling out any possibility,” he added.
Asked how the animal may have made its means as much as the zoo, Hada mentioned, “The areas through which it passed are all connected by a nullah and the leopard is likely to have used it to reach the zoo area. All these areas, including the Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology situated adjacent to NPTI, have large forest-like vegetation spread over several hectares, offering the leopard safe hiding places.”
The Forest division has deployed entice cameras and cages on the places the place the animal is believed to have visited. Several groups have additionally been positioned in these areas for night time patrol.