Shimla/Nahan, March 6 -- Two persons have been arrested for allegedly severing the paw of a leopard in Nahan town of Sirmaur district, police said on Friday.
A case has been registered under provisions of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, and further investigation is underway.
According to officials, the incident surfaced after a leopard entered a goat farm in Satiwala village near Radha Krishna Ashram on February 23. The farm belongs to Shakti, also known as Bunty. Local residents alerted the forest department after noticing the animal inside the shed.
A rescue team from the Forest Department reached the spot and safely captured the leopard. The animal was later shifted to Shimla for treatment. However, the leopard died during treatmen...