HT Correspondent
MARGHERITA, April 23: A full grown leopard was caged at Inthem village, Pengri under 124 no Margherita constituency of Tinsukia district on Saturday night.
Dumaidu Tuyang, a nature-loving youth from Inthem village managed to trap the leopard in a cage that he made.
Later, after receiving information, Margherita East Range and West Range Forest department staff arrived and rescued the caged leopard and let it go to the nearby forest reserve area.
For a long time, the leopard has been terrorising the area by feeding on their pets, cows and goats.
Mantu Chetia of Margherita East Range Forest officer said, “We have released the leopard in the nearby forest reserve area.”