Assam: Leopard trapped in iron cage, later released in forest

DIBRUGARH: A full-grown leopard was caged at Chabua in Dibrugarh on Friday after the forest department placed a iron cage at Paniera village in Chabua. Sources said the leopard was wandering in Chabua and surrounding areas creating panic among the villagers for a long time.

The forest department officials visited the village and with the help of villagers successfully captured the leopard at Paniera village in Chabua by using a cage. “The leopard was creating a terror in our locality for last several days. The leopard took away many of our domestic animals. We have informed about the incident to forest department and they placed a cage at the village where the animal was last spotted. At last the bag cat was successfully caged,” said a local resident. The leopard was later released into the wild. Earlier on Sunday, August 27, another leopard was captured by the forest department officials in the same location. With two leopards being captured within a week, villagers heaved a sign of relief.

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