Srinagar, Feb. 16 -- After rural areas, wild boars have now been spotted in Srinagar causing panic among people and prompting the legislators of the capital-city to raise the issue in Jammu and Kashmir assembly.

Khanyar MLA Ali Muhammad Sagar submitted a calling attention notice to the assembly secretariat on the issue of wild boars roaming in the rural areas destroying crops in his constituency besides being seen in urban areas like 90-feet road and Soura areas of Hazratbal constituency.

"In the Theed village near Dachigam National Park, boars are daily destroying crops, orchards and kitchen gardens, inflicting heavy economic losses on farmers. Alarmingly, the problem has now spread to Srinagar city with wild boars openly running in de...