A leopard that strayed into Maruti Suzuki's Manesar plant early on Thursday was rescued unhurt on Friday afternoon.
Meanwhile, Maruti has confirmed that production has been resumed. The workers were allowed to work at the engine unit of the plant.
Four teams of Wildlife and Forest officials who had reached the plant on Thursday, caught the big cat after sedating it with a tranquillizer.
"The animal will be freed after medical examination. The department has taken all major efforts to rescue the animal unhurt. The leopard was caught nearly 36 hours after it was spotted in the plant by a security guard," Vinod Kumar, Wildlife Conservator Gurugram circle, said.
Earlier, the animal which was caught on a CCTV camera several times could not be traced for more than 24-hour combing operation launched by the Wildlife Department.
The Forest Department officials have brought in goats, in cages, to lure in the leopard. Firecrackers were also thrown in an attempt to force the animal to run out of its hideout.The big cat first showed up on one of the CCTV cameras at around 3.30 am on Thursday by a security guard who raised the alarm.The plant had been cordoned off with 60 policemen guarding the area to avoid any unwanted incident, said Station House officer, IMT Manesar, Narender Kumar.
The officials from the Wildlife Department had spotted fresh Pugmarks inside the engine manufacturing section on Friday morning.