Panchkula, Dec. 28 -- Fear gripped residents of Panchkula's Sector 6 on Saturday afternoon as a leopard entered a residential property. The big cat was captured on closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras, roaming in the courtyard of the house, before jumping over a boundary wall into an adjacent property around 1.30 pm. A joint team of the wildlife department and local police rushed to the scene, cordoning off the area and advising residents to remain indoors for their safety. Despite several hours of effort to capture the animal, the leopard managed to retreat into the nearby wild area around 5 pm.

This incident follows close on the heels of another sighting in the Morni Hills. On Thursday night, a leopard entered the courtyard of a ho...