A leopard attacked seven people in Nagpur’s Shiv Nagar, causing injuries and panic. Forest officials tranquilised and rescued the big cat, while the injured were hospitalised. The incident follows a similar leopard rescue in the area on November 19

Nagpur: As many as seven persons were injured when a leopard attacked them in a residential area in Maharashtra’s Nagpur city on Wednesday morning, officials said.

The forest department got a call about the big cat being spotted at Shiv Nagar in the Pardi area, triggering panic among locals.

Five to seven persons were injured in the leopard attack, Deputy Conservator of Forests, Nagpur, Dr Vinita Vyas said in a statement.

After being alerted, a forest department and wildlife treatment centre team reached the spot, tranquilised the feline an

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