Mysore/Mysuru, May 24 -- Female leopard caught after 14 days in M.M. Hills

Fourteen days after a leopard killed a 10-year-old boy near Indiganatha village on the forest route to Male Mahadeshwara Temple in Male Mahadeshwara (M.M.) Hills, the Forest Department this morning trapped the big cat using a specially designed cage baited with a goat.

The victim, Harshith from Bengaluru, was trekking to the hilltop with his parents and a group of devotees when the attack took place around 7 am on May 10.

According to officials, the group was passing through a forest stretch between Indiganatha village and Nagamale when the leopard, believed to have been hiding in thick bushes, suddenly pounced on the boy. Despite attempts by devotees and his pa...