Jaipur, April 13 -- An African cheetah from Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park has been sighted venturing in Baran district's Nahargarh range area, officials said on Sunday. Range forest officer of Nahargarh range, Hari Ram, said, "The cheetah, KP-3, arrived in Nahargarh on Friday. However, our staff spotted him on Sunday morning. It has been venturing across 10 kilometres area in the range. Its sibling KP-2 has also been venturing in Kota for the last two months." However, officials also said that KP-3 had probably returned from Kuno few days back only. "It first arrived in Ramgarh crater area on Febraury 3 and returned to Kuno on March 1. Although it was first traced on Sunday once again, our primary findings revealed that it had not entered Rajasthan through the Nahargarh range. KP-3 entered to Kishangarh range first by crossing the Bakhanpura-Khandela area of MP few weeks ago," said the range officer of Kishangarh, Deepak Sharma. According to the officials, it has also hunted four Nilgais, one cow, and also three goats so far. "A three-member team from Kuno and a two-member team from Baran area is constantly monitoring KP-3 from 100 metre distance. It is safe," said Sharma. Forest officials said it is the seventh time in the last three years when a cheetah from Kuno National Park entered the state. In December, 2023, another cheetah, Agni, was sighted venturing into the Ramgarh crater area following which authorities tranquillised it and brought it back to Kuno a day after. Earlier, KP-2 also entered the area first on November 27 and returned to Kuno a month later. However, it returned again on February 15 and is currently venturing in Mangrol forest range. Another cheetah was sighted roaming around the Ramgarh area in March, 2024 and it returned to Kuno three days later, said officials. DFO Bade Vivekanand Manikrao said the vast grass-lands in Rajasthan's forests seem to be suitable for cheetahs. "Cheetahs have a habit of moving out of their own territory and venturing in different areas. The vast grasslands of Rajasthan are also pretty similar to their habitats in Kuno and therefore they are constantly venturing here. They are also getting good prey base as they are regularly hunting nilgais and cattle. We are suspecting such movement will rapidly increase in the next few days."...