India, July 9 -- For over a fortnight now, 65-year-old Mehfooz Ali has been scared to go to his farm. The reason: the trail to reach there passes through a dense forest patch in the Yamuna Biodiversity Park - where a leopard was seen on camera on last month.

The June 16 incident, and other recent sightings, only added to the worries of residents of Jagatpur village, north Delhi. Last year, a five year-old male leopard had wandered into the village and attacked its residents.

On Tuesday, Ali and many other villagers expressed their concerns regarding the big cat during a public meeting with the state forest and wildlife department.

Most of them demanded that the leopard be captured and translocated.

The forest department said it has al...