Lakhimpur Kheri, June 29 -- Twenty-one days after the tragic death of seven-year-old Shubham Yadav in Kanhaiyadin Purwa village, located under the Isanagar police station limits, forest officials in the Dudhwa buffer zone captured the leopard responsible early Sunday morning. Kirti Chaudhary, deputy director of the Dudhwa buffer zone, confirmed that the captured animal is a fully grown adult male, estimated to be about seven years old. Following the fatal attack on June 7, which occurred while the boy was accompanying his father in their fields in Laljipurwa, several forest teams were deployed under the supervision of sub-divisional officer (SDO) Manoj Tiwari to track and trap the animal. Chaudhary stated that teams tracked the leopard's movements along the Beltua nullah, near Kanhaiyadin Purwa and Laljipurwa, and set up cages on either side of the waterway. On Sunday morning, the leopard was lured into a cage near Kanhaiyadin Purwa and trapped. The animal has since been moved to the Dhaurahra forest range headquarters for a medical examination. Further decisions regarding its release will depend on the medical report and instructions from higher authorities. SDO Manoj Tiwari said pugmark analysis and camera trap images confirmed the captured leopard was responsible for the June 7 attack. Wildlife experts said keeping a leopard or tiger caged for long periods during the summer is difficult, as confinement restricts their natural way of drinking water by licking it from surfaces.htc...