Overview
- Around 1 pm on November 13, a leopard leapt onto a non-AC safari bus in the leopard enclosure with about a dozen passengers on board.
- The injured tourist, Vahitha Banu, 56, from Chennai, suffered scratches to her hand, received first aid, and is stable after treatment at a hospital in Jigani.
- Officials said windows were fitted with metal wire mesh but a small gap allowed the leopard’s paw to reach inside.
- Park authorities suspended all non-AC safari services indefinitely and will assess vehicles and restrict openings in mesh-covered windows.
- The incident is the second in months after an August clawing of a 12-year-old that led to mesh directives, and video of Thursday’s encounter spread widely on social media.