India, Aug. 31 -- A two-and a half- year-old female leopard was found dead on the Gurugram-Faridabad road early Saturday morning, said officials familiar with the incident.

The leopard was discovered around 6.30am, approximately one kilometre from the Pali police post on the Faridabad side, said officials.

"As per the preliminary investigation, it looks like an accident. The leopard was bleeding profusely, and it appeared that a head injury was the cause of death. The injury indicates a high-speed collision with a heavy vehicle as the probable cause. However, exact details will be revealed after the autopsy," said Ramkumar Jangra, divisional forest officer (DFO) of Gurugram.

A postmortem was conducted by a team of doctors on Saturday. ...