Poonch: A leopard on Monday attacked and injured a man in Poonch district. Following the attack, the authorities captured the beast.
Official sources told GNS that one person namely Zafar Iqbal son of Mohammad Sadiq Gujjar, a resident of Marha village in Surankote, was attacked by the leopard in the wee hours in the area.
The people nearby made hue and cry which made the animal run away and left the person seriously injured, they said.
The locals brought the injured person immediately to Sub District Hospital Surankote for treatment. After giving first aid, they said, the injured was referred to District Hospital Rajouri for further treatment.
A team of Wildlife department Surankote rushed to the spot and capture the leopard.
Mushtaq H Choudhary, Wildlife Warden Rajouri-Poonch, told the news agency that the animal was later shifted to veterniary hospital Rajouri.
