Kanpur: A caution has been sounded in Panki area here after a leopard was spotted by a police patrol team late in the night in recent days.
Reportedly, it is the second time within three months that the feline has been spotted in the Panki area.
Assistant Commissioner of Police, Vikas Pandey said that the PRV cops on patrol duty when spotted some uproar in the bushes near the Panki canal here.
The moment they flashed torchlight, they saw that the leopard was coming out of the densely scattered bushes. But the big cat retreated soon after, as reported.
"A warning has been voiced in the area and the locals have also been advised not to venture out late in the night all alone.
The Forest department has also been asked to nestle cameras around the risky place to monitor the leopard's movement," the ACP said.
It will be apt to mention here that the leopard was sighted firstly on October 26, 2022, in the forest behind the Type-6 accommodations on the famed IIT Kanpur campus.
The animal went into hiding in the institute's premises and after some time was again spotted on NSI premises.
It preyed upon a neelgai calf and a wild boar, as reportedly told.
Later, the feline was seen near Armapur Estate and the Small Arms Factory in Panki.
