Thirteen humans, inclusive of 3 woodland personnel, have been injured in a leopard assault in Assam’s Jorhat district on Monday, officers knowledgeable.
According to the woodland officers, the incident passed off round Rain Forest Research Institute (ICFRE) positioned at Chenijan. The leopard got here out of a woodland positioned in the institute and began out attacking humans with out provocation, they stated.
“Total thirteen humans, 3 woodland branch group of workers and 10 civilians had been injured withinside the assault. The leopard’s behaviour is erratic as they generally don’t assault humans,” stated Mohan Lal Meena, superintendent of police (SP), Jorhat.
Meena knowledgeable that every one the injured humans have been admitted to the hospital, mentioning their circumstance isn’t always serious. Forest branch officers are gift withinside the vicinity and seeking to tranquillize the leopard, he stated.
“The studies institute has a woodland vicinity of round 2 hundred bighas and the leopard is assumed to have pop out of there. The animal has been roaming across the vicinity and the woodland branch is attempting to music it,” stated Meena.
Videos of the incident have been additionally published on social media in which, a leopard is visible leaping over a barbed twine and attacking a van with humans inside.
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