Nagpur, Dec. 10 -- To draw attention to the rising leopard threat in Maharashtra, MLA Sharad Sonawane,from Junnar wore a leopard costume today when he arrived at the legislative assembly.
The Shiv Sena MLA's new gesture came on a day when seven people were injured in a leopard attack in Pardi area of Nagpur city itself. The animal was captured within two hours by the Forest department following the incident in the morning.
Speaking to reporters at Vidhan Bhavan, Sonawane, a Shiv Sena legislator, claimed that 55 people have died in leopard attacks in Junnar taluka of Pune district in the last three months.
People in the area are living in fear, he said, demanding that the government should build rescue centres which can accommodate up to ...