India, March 29 -- A leopard was rescued from a residential area in Dhruvnagar locality of Nashik city on Saturday after a coordinated operation that lasted nearly five hours. Officials confirmed that no casualties or injuries were reported during the incident.

According to the forest department, an alert about the presence of the wild animal at an under-construction row house in the area was received around 10am. During the search operation launched by teams from the forest department, wildlife rescue units, and the city police, the leopard emerged from the structure and ran towards an open plot, where it hid among dense bushes and tall grass prompting authorities to deploy a thermal drone to detect its exact location.

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