The bodies of two 10-year-old hyenas and a 3-year-old female leopard were found on Tuesday morning in a village named ‘Saap Ki Nangli’ in the Aravalli region of Haryana.

The village is adjacent to the Sohna block in Gurugram, the forest officials said.

Officials said that the carcasses of the animals were 8 days old. No injuries or other marks have been found on their bodies.

However, forest department officials are yet to ascertain the cause of deaths but they are assuming that the reason behind the death could be some disease. However, the cause of death will be clear only after the post-mortem report comes, they said.

“The carcasses of a female leopard and two male hyenas were found at three different locations in the Aravalli region which were just 500 meters away from the population area. The bodies were first pointed out by the villagers who alerted the local police and the forest officials.

The post-mortem of the bodies has been conducted on Tuesday and the viscera of the animals have been sent to Bareilly Uttar Pradesh, from where we expect the report will receive on Wednesday. A cause of death could be ascertained once the report will come,” said M.S. Malik, principal chief conservative officer, Forest Department.

On receipt of the information, the police and a team of the forest reached the spot. There they recovered bodies from the spot and sent it for an autopsy.

“The distance between the bodies of both hyenas was 30 to 40 feet and whereas the distance between leopard carcasses from hyena was 250 meters,” Malik said.

However, the villagers claimed that around 5 big dogs and 6 puppies have been found dead over the past one week.

“We feared that some disease had spread in the area. It could be dangerous for our pet animals. The death of hyenas and leopards could be a reason for such a disease," said a villager.

However, the forest officials are not ready to comment on the matter.