PRAYAGRAJ, Jan. 8 -- Two men and a cow were injured when a leopard that entered Chhibaiya village under the Jhunsi police station limits of the district attacked them on Thursday. The animal later entered the house of a resident, Ratan Singh, where villagers quickly locked it in a room. Following a nearly 10-hour intensive operation, the forest department team tranquilised the leopard and secured it in a cage.

As per reports, around 4 am the leopard was spotted approaching Chhibaiya village from the riverbank, triggering panic among the villagers. Hearing the commotion, other villagers rushed out with sticks.

District Panchayat member Suresh Yadav said the leopard was hiding in the bushes outside the village and attacked suddenly when p...