Leopard strays in Jaipur; injures 3 people
A leopard strayed into Vidhyadhar Nagar Colony, an outer area of the Pink City, on Saturday and injured three people before being tranquillised and rescued in a five-hour-long operation by wildlife sleuths.
Academic activities in the Vir Chander Singh Garhwali Government Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, popularly known as government medical college, in Srinagar (Garhwal) remained affected on Monday. A leopard had entered the campus on Sunday and injured three persons. Taking precaution of the incident the college decided to suspended academic activities on Monday.
The forest department staff is on the spot. They even fixed one cage. According to changed plan now one cage each, total four, will be fixed on the exit points of the medical college. Camera trap will be installed and to track the pugmarks lime powder will be sprinkled in different parts of the campus.
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The forest department finds the operation challenging. The main building of the Government Institute of Medical Sciences and Research is four storeys, with a basement. With 300- 400 rooms and many galleries, it is not safe for the forest department staff to venture into the building. The partitions in the building also make the limited use of drone.
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Forest Ranger Anil Bhatt said, “The leopard is still inside the campus. On Monday morning we heard some sound from one portion of the building. We are fixing additional cages, with prey, and will continue to monitoring the activities till we are sure that the leopard has left the campus.”
The leopard was sighted in the medical college campus on Sunday morning. The feline attacked and injured Yudhveer Singh. The first incident took place at about 10 a.m when the faculty members were attending a meeting related to Medical Council of India norms to be followed in the medical institute. The leopard became active again at about 1 p.m and this time attacked two guards.
Ansuya Prasad and Umesh Singh sustained minor injuries in the attack. The situation is complicated and the forest department is only praying for early relief and for the leopard to leave the campus on its own.
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