A “man-eater” leopard that had struck terror in Shirur tehsil of Pune district, which has reported cases of human-animal conflict over a month, has been killed by sharpshooters, forest officials said on Wednesday.
The operation was carried out on Tuesday night after the team traced the elusive feline through the pugmark near Pimparkhed village and attempted to tranquillise it.
In the last month, two minors and an elderly person were killed in leopard attacks in the Mauje Pimparkhed area of Shirur tehsil, sparking protests across Junnar, Shirur, Ambegaon, and Khed talukas for action.
After the death of a 13-year-old boy in a leopard attack near Pimparkhed village on Sunday, enraged locals set ablaze a forest department vehicle. The forest authorities subsequently ordered the capture and “elimination” of the animal.
