LUCKNOW, April 5 -- Just as the residents of Rehmankheda recovered from the sray tiger fear, they have been gripped by another scare, this time due to a stray leopard reportedly moving around in the region. There are also reports that the predator preyed on an animal. A five-member forest department team has been deployed in the area.

"Leopard sighting and it killing an animal were reported from Mandauli village on Thursday and the pugmark spotted turned out to be four days old. According to its size, there is still no confirmation that the animal is a leopard," said Sitanshu Pandey, divisional forest officer (DFO), Awadh, on Friday.

"The pugmark spotted is about 11 inch and since it was spotted on moist clay soil, it could be of a fish...