The clip, shared by Panipat Superintendent of Police, Shashank Kumar Sawan on Twitter, shows the leopard using its claws to attack the officers
Indian leopard. Image via Shutterstock/Nimit Virdi
A heart-wrenching video of a leopard attacking some forest officials and policemen has gone viral on social media. The incident took place in the Behrampur village of Haryana’s Panipat.
The clip, shared by Panipat Superintendent of Police, Shashank Kumar Sawan on Twitter, shows the leopard using its claws to attack the officers. The video is scary, to say the least.
In the caption, the police officer wrote, “Tough day at work for people from police and forest department. A couple of them suffered injuries. Salute to their bravery and courage. In the end, everyone is safe..Including the leopard.”
The video has got more than 500k views so far. Reacting to it, a user has appreciated the bravery of the police officials.
While another pointed out the lack of training, equipment, and quick reaction teams for monitoring reserved forests and wildlife.
“Everyone fought well including leopard…though this men’s Bravery is above and beyond… Without even a laathi he ran to save his colleague,” read one of the comments.
A few wanted to know about the current status of the leopard.
As per a report in Hindustan Times, a team of police officers acted on an SOS message from villagers who had stopped the leopard. The incident took place on 7 May.
Earlier, a man was attacked by a leopard in Assam’s Dibrugarh where he was trying to click a photograph of the animal.
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