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Leopard in Hyderabad: Leopard sighted near Hyderabad airport | Hyderabad News
HYDERABAD: A leopard has been sighted near Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) in the early hours of Monday.
A video clip from a CCTV feed, showing the big cat walking on the road between Shamshabad and Tukkuguda before jumping a wall which has wired fencing is making the rounds.
A video clip from a CCTV feed, showing the big cat walking on the road between Shamshabad and Tukkuguda before jumping a wall which has wired fencing is making the rounds.
CCTV footage show #leopard walking on the road between Shamshabad and Tukkuguda. https://t.co/hMZC4pRgro
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The leopard is suspected to have gone towards Bahadurpura. A local claimed to have seen it informed the police and the forest department.
The forest department officials have reached the spot and have confirmed that it is a leopard after verifying the facts and the footage from the surveillance cameras.
“We are still near the airport and are tracking its movement,” said Shyam Kumar, forest range officer, Shamshabad.