GORAKHPUR, May 10 -- A leopard that had terrorised several villages along the Uttar Pradesh-Bihar border was finally captured late on Friday night following a 15-hour joint rescue operation involving police personnel, wildlife experts and forest department officials. The leopard, which had reportedly been roaming the region for nearly four months, injured six people within eight hours on Friday, triggering panic among villagers in parts of Kushinagar district and Bihar's West Champaran region. "The injured villagers received immediate medical assistance. The situation is now fully under control and surveillance in nearby villages has been intensified," an official said, adding that the leopard had been attacking and injuring villagers in border areas over the past few months, leaving residents living in constant fear. htc...