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Leopard released in Mahand range
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After sedating a leopard that had entered a house in Aligarh’s Jawan on Saturday, a forest department team released it in the Mohand range in the Shivalik region of Saharanpur on the Uttarakhand state border. However, even after capturing the leopard, there is still an atmosphere of fear among the villagers of the area regarding the presence of another leopard.
Leopard left in Mohand range of Shivalik in Saharanpur
Divisional Forest Officer Diwakar Kumar Vashisht told that on the permission of the government, instructions were received to release the leopard in Shivalik area of Saharanpur (border of Uttarakhand state). On Sunday morning, the Forest Department team reached Saharanpur with him. Left him in the Mohand range of the Shivalik region late in the evening. Information is being gathered about where the leopard came from. Leopards are mostly found in sugarcane belt areas like Meerut, Baghpat, Bareilly, Greater Noida etc. In such areas only they get to eat sweets properly. It is estimated that this leopard might have come here from the sugarcane belt.
Hours of drill on the rumor of leopard in Sumera Daryapur
Even though the panther has been captured, the villagers still fear the presence of another panther in the area. On Sunday, on the information about the presence of leopard in Sumera Dariapur of the area, the team of police and forest department reached and searched for him for hours. Bhola Khan of the village had informed the police about the presence of a leopard near his tubewell. Bhola Khan raised alarm after seeing suspicious claw marks on the doors of his tubewell. Fear is clearly visible among the villagers at the mere sound of the leopard’s arrival.
It is being told that the leopard’s family was also with them. Some suspicious footprints of leopard have also been seen in the fields. The possibility of leopard coming from a neighboring district is being expressed. The forest department team is investigating with the help of found footprints. Most of the villagers did not go towards the fields and forests on Sunday due to fear. Unable to muster the courage to go alone, people went in groups.
Advice to the villagers to go to the field with a torch, keep an eye on children and animals
After the arrival of the leopard in the jawan area, an atmosphere of fear has arisen among the villagers. In view of this, the police of the forest department and the jawan station reached the nearby villages and alerted the villagers. Villagers have been appealed not to come out of the house at night. If it is necessary to go to the farm at night, then go in a group and definitely take a torch in your hands. The leopard does not come near the fire. Children and pets have also been asked to keep an eye.
