The Delhi Government Forest Department has not found an elusive leopard in South Delhi’s Sainik Farm area after the recovery of a nilgai carcass on Monday morning.
According to Sushil Jain of Bail a Tail in Sainik Farms, there was no sighting of a leopard on Tuesday night. “My team monitored the entire night in Sainik Farm where a nilgai carcass was found. Nothing has been found. It seems the leopard has returned to the Asola Bhatti wildlife sanctuary,” Jain added.
Meanwhile, panic has gripped the residents of the area as this is the second incident this month. The Residents Welfare Association of Sainik Farm issued an advisory urging residents to be careful while stepping out and also advised keeping their pets inside.
Jain said they have asked the WARWA, Sainik Farm, to install CCTV cameras in the area adjacent to sanctuary boundaries. Earlier this month, after three days of rigorous searches, the Delhi Police and Forest Department officials called off their hunt for a leopard that was spotted in the Sainik Farm area.
However, pugmarks believed to be a leopard’s were seen in the area where the forest department hunted for a big cat but did not find one.
The Asola Bhatti Wildlife sanctuary shares boundaries with densely populated settlements like Sangam Vihar, Chattarpur, Sainik Farms, Fatehpur Beri, and villages such as Mangar and Pali in Faridabad. One settlement, Sanjay Colony, is situated within the boundaries of the sanctuary.
