Overview
- A leopard was seen around noon at an under-construction house in Panchkula’s Sector 6, triggering a joint operation by the forest department and Haryana Police.
- Authorities deployed a drone to locate the animal, reviewed CCTV that showed it in a house lawn and scaling a wall, and urged residents to stay indoors.
- Alerts were issued for sectors 4, 8, 9, 12, and 17 with heightened patrolling, while areas such as Mansa Devi and Majri were placed under surveillance.
- In Thane on December 26, officials intensified patrolling near a shuttered factory on Pokhran Road No. 2 and prepared camera traps following a reported sighting.
- Separate incidents this week included the fatal mauling of Hema Devi in Nainital and five injuries in Bahraich from leopard and tiger attacks, with government data noting over 900 human–wildlife deaths in Uttarakhand over 25 years, including 548 from leopards.