Big cat was spotted on CCTV by guards at country’s largest car factory and will be released into wild after medical examination
A leopard on the loose inside India’s largest car factory has been caught and tranquillised after sparking a frantic 36-hour search by 200 police and wildlife officials.
The big cat was spotted on Thursday on CCTV by guards at Maruti Suzuki’s manufacturing plant in the town of Manesar, 24 miles from the capital, New Delhi.
After workers were evacuated from the plant, which produces nearly a million vehicles a year, police launched an operation to catch the animal, even using live goats and raw meat to lure it out of hiding.
But the leopard remained out of sight until it returned to the same location where it was first spotted.
“The wildlife team was successful in tranquillising the leopard late afternoon,” said Ashok Bakshi, the police deputy commissioner of Manesar.
