Chamarajanagara, Jan 7: A wild leopard sauntered into the residential quarters of Doctors and Professors of Chamarajanagar Institute of Medical Sciences on the outskirts of the city on Wednesday night, scaring the inmates for some time.
However the leopard, which had reached the primary ground of the residential complex, retreated by way of the steps and disappeared beneath the quilt of darkness.
CCTV footage exhibits the leopard racing alongside the hall and happening the steps. However inside seconds it reappears, peeps inside an open door, backtracks and goes out of view once more. One of many inmates who sighted the leopard alerted different residents within the quarters.
Deputy Commissioner of Chamarajanagar M R Ravi mentioned the medical quarters about the Yadapura hillock and leopards have been sighted within the space frequently. He mentioned the footage clearly exhibits the leopard peeping right into a home which had the door open and retreating from there and it was at that time that its presence was observed.
In the meantime, the Forest Division has positioned a cage to lure the leopard contained in the campus in case it ventures once more in addition to issuing a set of directions for the inmates to stick to, particularly within the evenings and nights.
Manoj Kumar, Chief Conservator of Forests of Chamarajanagar, mentioned that surrounding the medical school campus has a lot of open pits of deserted quarries and leopards from the forests have a tendency to make use of them as hideouts.
Considered one of them could have strayed into the residential quarters.
The Forest Division has recommended that the open pits left deserted after quarrying be reclaimed by filling them with soil adopted by plantation.
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