India, Dec. 20 -- Seven people, including three women, were injured after a leopard entered a building in a bustling residential area on BP Road in Bhayandar East early on Friday morning and attacked residents, triggering panic and chaos.

The big cat remained in the area for around eight hours before the forest department and fire brigade personnel managed to tranquillise and capture him. An investigation is underway to determine how the leopard reached the densely populated area in Bhayandar East, which is at least 10 km from the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP).

The injured were identified as Anjali Tak, 23; Bharati Tak, 48; Khushi Tak, 18; Chaganlal Bagrecha, 48; Shyam Pratap Sahni, 19; Rakesh, 50; and Deepu Bhaumik, 52.

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