Leopard enters residential area in Kota, injures four

Kota: Four people were injured after a leopard attacked them in Mahaveer Nagar Colony of Kota on Saturday morning. Police informed the incident occurred around 5 am when the locals spotted the leopard near Shiv Jyoti Convent School.

“The leopard was later seen in the Gangori Park area and Mahaveer Nagar Colony. The leopard attacked and injured four people and. A cow was also attacked by the leopard. The wild animal was later locked inside a kitched by a couple after it entered their house,” police said.

“Later, a team from the forest department reached the spot and tried to tranquilise him. It took around six hours for the forest officials to tranquilise the leopard while he was sitting in the kitchen. The leopard was later shifted to Abhera Biological Park, while the injured were admitted to a hospital,” police added.