Two persons injured in leopard attack in Guwahati

Guwahati, May 12 At least two people, including a woman, sustained injuries after a leopard attacked them in Guwahati on Friday.

The incident happened in the Fatashil Ambari area of the city.

Rohini Ballave Saikia, the Divisional Forest Officer in Kamrup East Division, told , "A leopard attacked a man and a woman at their residence in that area around 6 a.m. Following the incident, the locals immediately rushed them to the Guwahati Medical College and Hospital, and the duo has been undergoing treatment."

The injured persons have been identified as Suman Kumar Singh and Munair Devi.

"The forest staff of Fatasil visited the place and accordingly planned to do patrolling today," Saikia added.

He further said that last time, the forest department installed a cage there, but couldn't trap the troubling animal.

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