A sub-adult leopard took shelter in a court building in Chotila town of Gujarat’s Surendranagar district on Friday, causing panic.
The animal was first spotted in an abandoned house next to the magistrate’s court, following which locals alerted forest officials, said Deputy Conservator of Forest G.A. Zala. “When we tried to catch the leopard, it entered the court premises. It then jumped into a room through the window,” he said.
“Ten staff were in the room, but they made a quick exit and bolted the door from outside. Then we learnt that two more were still inside. Luckily, they could lock themselves up in a chamber inside the room,” said the officer. The forest officials rescued them by breaking the window of the chamber.
“We then entered the room and caught the leopard using a tranquilliser gun,” he said.
