24 February,2014 02:52 PM IST | | Agencies
At least six persons, including a police officer, were injured by a leopard which strayed into the city. As a precautionary measure, all schools and colleges have been closed and people were told to stay indoors
Meerut: At least six persons, including a police officer, have been attacked and injured by a leopard which strayed into the city sending shivers down the spine of people and prompting authorities to sound a high alert and order closure of schools, colleges and market.
A leopard leaps across an under-construction structure near a furniture market in the Degumpur residential area as a bystander moves out of the way in Meerut on February 23, 2014. Pic: AFP
Army officials are also assisting the police and forest department in tracing the leopard, which was sighted yesterday morning and escaped from a hospital room early today.
A leopard (L) looks through a window of Meerut Cantonment Hospital, as an official approaches with a lathi in hand in Meerut on February 23, 2014. Pic: AFP
Crowd of curious onlookers followed the big cat wherever it went yesterday, giving a tough time to police and forest officials who were trying to trap it.
A leopard squeezes through a hole in the wall of the Meerut Cantonment Hospital as an official approaches in Meerut on February 23, 2014. Pic: AFP
The feline left five persons and a policeman, who was trying to trap it, injured. According to Sanjiv Kumar, SDO forest department, a search operation is still on and the animal is suspected to be hiding in Chawni area. "The leopard was first sighted yesterday morning in a godown.
A person entered the store and was attacked and injured by the big cat." Later, the animal entered a nearby hospital in army cantonment area, he said.
A team of Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) was called to trap the leopard but their bid proved futile as the animal escaped breaking glass panes of window early morning today, the officer said. PTI
