Some residents had locked themselves up inside their houses even as villagers scoured the place with rods and sticks. Soon, a huge crowd of nearly 1,500 people from nearby Kasan ki Dhani and Sukhroli villages gathered and started attacking the animal with axes, bamboo sticks and stones, he said.

After nearly three hours, it was cornered and beaten to death reportedly in the presence of police and wildlife officials as residents dragged its corpse to the main road.

Nearly nine people were injured in the incident and taken to the civil hospital in nearby Sohna, the official said. Even after the cat was dead, several visibly angry villagers had gathered around the corpse and continued beating it with sticks.

Villagers have previously alleged that police and wildlife officials are not equipped to handle such a situation. Meanwhile, irate villagers complained that the forest officials reached the venue late. “We informed the forest department and Gurgaon police immediately after spotting the feline. However, they reached the spot late,” a villager Dhani Ram said.

Singh, however, said that a team of district forest officer, three inspectors and veterinary doctors reached the spot within half an hour with all safety measures and a cage to catch the leopard. “We faced difficulty when an aggressive mob of around 1,500 villagers started attacking the leopard. The animal also retaliated and in the scuffle, nine persons were injured. The leopard died later,” he said.

This development is latest in a string of leopard sightings around the Aravallis where these cats usually live. Experts believe the reason behind such human-animal conflicts is due to increasing urbanisation as builders encroach upon forest land to meet the growing demand for commercial and residential real estate.

The Wildlife Conservator said legal action would be taken against those responsible for the death. “We will take legal action against those found guilty of killing the animal. A panel of three doctors has been formed to do the postmortem,” he said.

Due to the reduction of their natural habitats, wildlife species enter more often in urban areas and villages, becoming a danger for the people and mostly for themselves. It’s essential to safeguard the environment and the animals, the cruel treatment reserved to this leopard was absolutely unnecessary.

The body of the animal was tormented even after death, this unrespectful behaviour is unacceptable. 

OIPA will ask to Haryana Government to take strict legal action against the killers.

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As per electronic media reports and still images, leopard with hyena cubs were badly abused during photo session of the Media Adviser to the Chief Minister of Rajasthan, besides it these cubs were displayed and exhibited before Chief Minister as well, in the presence of top level guardians of these wild animals, PCCF, Minister, CWLW, DFO and OSD, likewise animals were disturbed during function https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT3nsZpNWqc on June 4, 2016 at Nahargarh Zoological Park, due to flood lights and loud speakers. All concerned officials top to bottom, are very much aware about the laws of the land, State Emblem of India was also insulted on the stone, placed without devnagiri words “Satyamev Jayete”, please find attached here with the circular of Ministry of Home Affairs.

It would also be pertinent to mention here that Veterinarian of Zoo handed over the leopard cubs to Media Adviser for photo session and then placed before the Chief Minister, likewise Police officials placed hyena cub before Chief Minister, which violated the rules and regulations, after that both cubs were placed in a same cage.

Hence these officials needs to be booked under law for the violation of the section 3 and 11 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 read with the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 and IPC 268, 289, 120-B with the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 read with the State Emblem of India (Prohibition of Improper Use) Act, 2005 and the State Emblem of India (Regulation of Use) Rules, 2007, likewise public money was wasted, which was spent on the stone and babies of leopard, hyena, crocodile and gharial were shifted for what purpose, whether CZA guidelines were followed and why rescued animals were died in a big numbers?, besides it captive wild animals are offered as prey, no security and their protection, mechanism from the wild animals are introduced, hence vigilance inquiry needed to expose black sheep’s of the system and these captive animals should be protected from unnecessary pain and sufferings.

As per information’s, DFO husband posted as Collector at Jaipur and both officers are very much influential along with the Media Adviser, these can be attract the investigations, hence SHO, Police Station, Prashant Vihar, Rohini, Delhi hereby requested to lodge zero FIR and then forwarded to the Rajasthan Police for further collection of evidences, being cognizable offense.

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