Bettiah (IANS) | Panic spread after the leopard reached the residential area near the Valmiki Tiger Project area of Bihar’s West Champaran. A leopard entered a house in Rampur Malahi Tola village, causing panic in the village for some time. Later, the forest department team rescued the leopard and released it in the forest. Neshamani, director of the Valmiki Tiger Project area, said on Monday that a leopard coming out of the forest reached Rampur Malahi Tola village on Sunday night and entered a house in search of prey. After this he also made a goat his victim in the village.
Seeing this, the people of the village started making noise and there was panic in the village. After the information of the villagers, the forest department team reached the village and after five-six hours of hard work, the leopard was first rendered unconscious and then it was rescued.
He said that the leopard has been released back into the wild.
There is a possibility that the leopard might have reached the village in search of prey. Even before this, on April 18, a leopard had reached Piprasi village, where it attacked a person. The villagers somehow managed to drive him away.
–IANS
