India, May 10 -- Panic has gripped residents of Raheja Heights, a housing society in Dindoshi, in Malad east, after a leopard was sighted in the complex for the third time in seven weeks on Friday.

The animal was spotted by the watchman at around 2am and was chased away by him.

A leopard was first spotted inside Raheja Heights on March 17, when CCTV footage captured the animal entering the parking lot and killing a stray dog. A second sighting inside the complex was reported on April 8 at 3am, when the big cat was captured on CCTV trying to take away another dog.

Residents are at their wits' end, wondering how to tackle this recurring nightmare, given that the safety of the 1,000-odd residents of the housing complex is at stake. "There...