A three-year-old leopardess was run over by a KSRTC bus near Chikkanahalli on Ramanagaram-Bannikuppe main road, in Ramanagaram district on Friday morning.
According to the Ramanagaram Rural station police, the leopardess was run over when it was trying to cross the road. The animal jumped and came under the left rear wheels of the bus, Krishne Gowda, depot manager, KSRTC (Ramanagaram), told The Hindu .
Following a complaint by the Forest Department officials, the police have registered a case. The police said they will question the driver, Mahanthesh.
The leopard died owing to multiple injuries, forest officials said. The officials disposed the body by burning after conducting the post-mortem.
Meanwhile, the Forest Department has decided to install signboards at places where there are frequent movements of big cats.
