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A LEOPARD sparked panic in a north Indian city when it strayed inside a hospital, a cinema and an apartment block, before evading captors, an official said yesterday.
Authorities closed schools in Meerut, 60 kilometers northeast of the Indian capital, after the leopard was discovered prowling the city’s streets on Sunday, a senior city official said.
“We have launched a massive hunt for the beast,” said additional district magistrate SK Dubey.
The big cat was found inside an empty ward of an army hospital on Sunday, before wildlife officers fired a tranquilizer dart into it, Dubey said.
“But he managed to break (out through) the iron grilles and escaped. He then sneaked into a cinema hall before entering an apartment block,” he said.
Authorities urged the closure of markets in the city of 3.5 million people until the animal is captured, reported the Press Trust of India news agency.
A photograph in the Hindustan Times yesterday showed the leopard leaping off a terrace in a residential area as people scrambled out of the way.
Last week, a leopard killed a 5-year-old boy in central Chhattisgarh state, as concerns grow about the depletion of habitats forcing big cats into populated areas.
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