A leopard has strayed into Meerut Cantonment Hospital in New Delhi, India and injured at least two persons, creating panic and prompting administration to order closure of schools and colleges, official reported on Monday.
The District administration has also appealed for closure of markets in the city as forest administration and army officials failed to trace the feline, which sneaked into the city.
According to Sanjiv Kumar, SDO forest department, the leopard was first sighted on Sunday morning in a godown.
Kumar said: “A person entered the store and was attacked and injured by the big cat.
“Later, the animal entered a nearby hospital in an army cantonment and stayed inside a room till late on Sunday night.”
The officer said that a team of Wild Trust of India was called to trap the leopard, but their bid proved futile as the animal escaped, breaking glass panes of window.
Police said that crowd of curious onlookers also made the animal nervous and it attacked another person outside the hospital.
Report says that teams of forest department and police are searching the feline in the city.
Xinhua/NAN.
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