SASARAM, Dec. 4 -- A wild leopard straying from the Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary into the plains attacked and injured 11 people, including three forest department personnel, at Kochas town in Rohtas district. The animal was finally rescued and caged by forest officials late on Wednesday evening, officials said.

The incident occurred when farmers were harvesting paddy near the Kochas Power House. The leopard emerged from the embankments of the Dharmawati river and attacked Pradeep Kumar, injuring him. It then attacked farmers Manish Ojha and Ram Pravesh Singh, who raised an alarm, officials said.

As hundreds of farmers and residents from the Kochas market rushed to the spot, the leopard fled into the Power House campus and then into Ward No...