Leopard enters Manipal univ, caught

UDUPI: A leopard was trapped Manipal University campus in Karnataka on Wednesday. The big cat had apparently sneaked in on Tuesday night.

Security guards say they had spotted it near the campus. The guards told forest department officials at 9am on Wednesday. Forest department personnel trapped the animal with a net at 1pm when it entered a house near the university building. It was trapped without a tranquilizer and not hurt, officials said.

The news about the big cat on campus created panic among students and employees of the university.

Assistant conservators of forest, Kundapur sub-division, Satish Babu Rai and Sheena Kottary, who led the operation, said the leopard would be released into the Kudremukh National Park.

A large number of students and staff gathered around the leopard and took pictures.