India, Feb. 13 -- A wedding was gatecrashed by a leopard in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow on Wednesday night, creating panic among the guests. The feline strayed into the wedding venue and could only be tranquilised after hours, forcing the groom and the bride to take refuge in a car.

The incident happened in MM Lawn in Lucknow's Buddheshwar road area late Wednesday night and was rescued after around four hours of efforts, reported ANI.

The police and forest department officials were immediately called to the venue and managed to catch the leopard at around 2 a.m. A forest official named Mukaddar Ali was also injured when attacked by the big cat, according to a PTI report.

Visuals of the incident are now in wide circulation on social media. ...