‘Search on to track down leopards roaming in Budgam localities’
Budgam, Jun 05: A day after a four-year-old girl was mauled to death in Budgam, the Wildlife department on Saturday caught a leopard alive in Khudpora Khan-Sahib while two more leopards have been spotted at two different places in Watkaloo Charar-i-Sharief and Huroo Budgam respectively.
An official told that one of the leopards was spotted near Ompora Housing Colony in Budgam, where the incident happened yesterday.
He said that the leopard, who was spotted in Khudpora area of Khan-Sahib was caught alive by the officials of the Wildlife department and has been taken to a safer location.
He said that the search operation, for two more leopards that were spotted in two different localities of Budgam, has been launched. “We will continue the searches till we track them down,” the official said.(KNO)
