BILASPUR: A leopard is on prowl in
Jindal dairy campus on the outskirts of
Raigarh city. The predator has also killed two calves in the area. Some villagers have claimed to have sighted the animal as well, while forest officials have found pug marks.
This is not the first time that leopard has been sighted in the area. Prior to recent sighting a leopard was seen in forest of Junwani.
On Saturday some villagers sighted a leopard in Jindal dairy premises, a few kms from city of Raigarh. Forest officials were informed about the killings of calves and the leopard. A team of forest officials inspected the area and found pug marks of the beast.
Villages of
Patrapani and
Parsada are close to Jindal dairy. After the sighting of tthe leopard, residents of these villages have stopped sending their cattle for grazing into the forests. Forest officials have also cautioned villagers and have asked them not to venture out to the woods.