Pithoragarh (U’khand), (PTI) A leopard suspected to have mauled to death a toddler in the Kothera village of this Uttarakhand district on October 30 has been captured, a forest official said on Thursday.
Forest department personnel trapped the leopard late on Wednesday in one of two cages put up in the village after the alleged incident, Divisional Forest Officer (Pithoragarh) Jeewan Mohan Dagare said.
The leopard has been sent to a rescue centre at the Corbett Tiger Reserve, Ramnagar. Its DNA samples were sent to the Wildlife Institute of India, the officer added.
