Guwahati, May 19 -- Reported by Avik Chakraborty

Dibrugarh: After seven hours of continuous operation, a wild Asiatic bear was rescued by a forest team from Mariani in Assam's Jorhat district on Tuesday.

According to local residents, the bear triggered panic in Doklongia Dekagaon after straying into a residential area in the early hours of the morning.

The sighting prompted a swift and coordinated rescue operation by forest officials and wildlife experts that lasted nearly seven hours.

The full-grown male bear was first spotted around 5.30 am, hiding among bamboo trees near the verandah of local resident Mukul Saikia's home.

Word of the animal's presence spread rapidly through the neighbourhood, drawing curious onlookers even as auth...