Leopard spotted on CCTV, panic in Mohali’s Nayagaon area

Swinging into action, the Mohali wildlife department set up a cage to trap the wild cat and advised people to stay indoors through announcements

Panic gripped the residents of Nayagaon’s Kumaon Colony after a leopard was spotted in the footage of a CCTV camera on Saturday evening.

A wildlife department team, along with police personnel, has also been deployed in the area. (HT Photo)

Swinging into action, the wildlife department set up a cage to trap the wild cat and advised people to stay indoors through announcements.

A wildlife department team, along with police personnel, has also been deployed in the area.

Mohali district forest officer (DFO), wildlife, Dharamveer said, “So far, no pug marks have been found in the area. So, we are not sure whether it was a leopard or some other animal. But we are not taking any chances. A team has been deployed to trap the animal in a cage and release it in a forest area safely.”