Leopard that attacked two, moves out of Angiyam

A leopard which had attacked two persons on Saturday at Angiyam near Uppiliapuram on the Tiruchi - Namakkal border was not sighted thereafter and is believed to have gone into the Kolli hills reserve

A leopard which had attacked two persons on Saturday at Angiyam near Uppiliapuram on the Tiruchi - Namakkal border was not sighted thereafter and is believed to have gone into the Kolli hills reserve forest area situated a few kilometres away. A video grab of the animal moving in the night hours was captured in one of the camera traps that were placed at different places around a hillock at Angiyam following the incident on Saturday. The pug marks of the animal were found in the path leading towards the Kolli hills reserve forest area, said the Chief Conservator of Forests - in charge, Tiruchi, S. Ramasubramanian. The animal was not sighted after Saturday’s incident, he further said.