Indore, Dec. 18 -- Residents of Sahara City in Indore slept soundly on Wednesday after the forest department successfully captured a five- to six-year-old male leopard that had been frequently sighted in the residential area for several days near the Devguradia forest area.

Officials confirmed that the leopard's presence set the trap, and, after meticulous monitoring in the residential area, captured it by installing a cage. Villagers told the officials that the leopard had been hunting local dogs and had not shown aggression toward any humans.

Indore DFO Pradeep Mishra said that, with the growing frequency of man-animal encounters in Madhya Pradesh, the state has earned a reputation as a "leopard state," and to manage these interaction...