Two people were injured in a leopard attack after it entered a residential locality in Nashik district of Maharashtra.
The officials said that the leopard was later rescued.
According to the officials, the leopard entered Vanvihar Colony near the Parijat Nagar-Bhosala School area in Nashik, on Friday afternoon, leaving two people injured.
Residents panicked as the animal moved through the neighbourhood, prompting an immediate response from the authorities, the said.
Teams from the Nashik Forest Department, with assistance from the RESQ CT team, tracked and monitored the leopard. After several hours, officials successfully darted the animal at around 5:45 pm, officials said.
They said that the injured people were taken to hospital for treatment, and officials said their condition is stable. The forest department and RESQ CT team will later safely relocate the leopard after a thorough medical examination.