Prowling leopard caged by forest department

District forest department has finally succeeded on Wednesday to cage a prowling leopard at Jassawala village on Wednesday  to the relief of the  villagers from Jassawala. The big cat had eluded  them for a week.With reports pouring in of the feline dragging children at  regular intervals, the alarmed district forest department  set up cages at  several places  across   Jasswala village to entrap the  beast. Success came on Wednesday, bringing  relief to hundreds of scared villagers.  

Notably,  a 3-yr-old Rakib ,  son of Shameem, was mauled to death by the leopard in Jassawala village under Kaliyar Police station of the district on  July 25.

Rakib was  dragged by the  big cat when he was playing in the  agricultural field near the  forest where his father had taken him to. Scared and angry people slammed   the police and forest officials that day, alleging that they were leaving them to the mercy of the beast. Their frustration was justified with similar incidents having befallen them earlier too.