Reported by, May 12 -- Manoj Kumar Ojha

Doomdooma: A rare black panther was spotted on Tuesday morning at the Hansara Tea Garden in Assam's Tinsukia district, just days after forest officials had captured a leopard from the same area. The sighting has triggered both excitement and concern among locals and tea garden workers, with a video of the animal now circulating widely.

Eyewitnesses described the elusive feline moving smoothly through dense bushes. "It looked like a ghost in the mist-completely black, powerful and fearless. We have seen leopards before, but this one felt different," said locals, adding that similar sightings had been reported earlier in the area.

Black panthers are not a separate species but melanistic leopards (P...