India, Dec. 4 -- A leopard that strayed from the Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary into the plains attacked and injured 11 people, including three forest department personnel, in Kochas town of Rohtas district on Wednesday. Forest officials later managed to rescue and cage the animal in the evening.

The incident occurred when farmers were harvesting paddy near the Kochas Power House. The leopard emerged from the embankments of the Dharmawati river and first attacked farmer Pradeep Kumar. It then charged at and injured two other farmers, Manish Ojha and Ram Pravesh Singh, prompting them to raise an alarm, officials said.

Hundreds of farmers working in nearby fields and people from the Kochas market rushed to the place, following which the leopar...