As Prime Minister Narenda Modi and his 72 members Council of Ministers were taking oath for his third consecutive term on Sunday, an uninvited guest caught the attention of social media users at the grand forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

The Delhi Police, however, through its social media handle said claims of a wild animal at the ceremony are false. “It was not wild. Ignore such baseless rumors,” the police said in a post.

A short video clip of the ceremony has gone viral in which netizens noticed an animal roaming in the corridors of the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

The animal, allegedly a leopard, was seen casually walking in the Rashtrapati Bhavan when the official procedure was being carried out.

The incident took place when Madhya Pradesh MP Durgadas Uikey, also known as DD Uikey, was taking oath as one of the Union Ministers. In the video, an animal was seen casually walking at the Rashtrapati Bhavan when the official procedure was being carried out on the stage. Several internet users took to social media and commented "Was it a leopard? An ordinary cat? Or a dog?" as the video was widely shared.

Some alleged that the animal was a leopard while others wondered if it was a pet animal and some even raised questions over the video's authenticity.

 Some users even claimed that the video was edited with a focus on its background. Reacting to the viral video, a user wrote, "So wild animals are now casually roaming about in Rashtrapati Bhavan?? That is not a pet animal. What was the security doing?? Did all the CCTV footages break? Were the security personnel sleeping in the control room?"