Panic gripped Pargochi village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district after a leopard strayed into the area Friday evening.
Local said that they spotted the feline at around 8 pm on Friday following which they informed the Wildlife officials.
Incharge Wildlife Control Room, Shopian, Muhammad MudasirBhat told Greater Kashmir that a team rushed to the village and launched a search and rescue operation.
“Although we didn’t spot the animal, we identified its pug marks,” Bhat said.
He said that the efforts to capture the animal were on.
Bhat appealed the people to stay indoors and not to stymie their operation.
Last month, a leopard attacked two persons including a Wildlife official and left them grievously injured in the same locality.
In January, locals dispatched a leopard in Odour village of the district after it entered the cattle shed of a resident and mauled several sheep to death.