India, Nov. 7 -- A forest team from Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park, deployed to track a cheetah that had strayed into Karauli district in Rajasthan, was allegedly assaulted by villagers after the animal killed a buffalo calf in the area, police said on Friday.

Police have registered a case under BNS Sections 121(1) (voluntarily causing hurt to a public servant), 132 (assaulting or using criminal force against any public servant), 351(2) (criminal intimidation) and 352 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) against five to six unidentified people for allegedly assaulting and threatening foresters, said Jay Prakash Singh, station house officer (SHO) of Mandrayal police station.

He added, "An investigation is unde...