Mysore/Mysuru, April 18 -- Recounting the tense moments following the rescue, homeowner Sujatha Suresh described how a routine morning turned into a life-threatening situation at her Siddarthanagar residence. "We usually keep the front door shut. Yesterday morning, it was open for barely five minutes and we had no idea a leopard had entered," she said.

According to Sujatha, the presence of the animal came to light when the domestic worker entered the room to clear garbage and noticed something lying under the bed where her mother-in-law was resting.

"At first, I thought it was a doll. But when I looked again, I realised it was a leopard," she said.

Sujatha said, she immediately lifted her bedridden mother-in-law and carried her out of ...