Emerald. A case of death of a female leopard has come to light in Devendranagar forest range of Panna district of Madhya Pradesh on Friday. The leopard’s carcass was found floating on water in a deep irrigation well located in village Brijpur Beat area. After the incident, there was panic in the forest department and a team of officers immediately reached the spot.
According to the information, this female leopard was found dead in a deep well built in the private agricultural farm of Pran Krishna Mitra and Radha Krishna Mitra near Hatupur Dungaria mountain. Ramdas Pal, father of watchman Manik Lal, who went towards the fields on Friday morning, saw the dead body of a wild animal floating in the well. On looking closer it was found that it was an adult female leopard.
It is primarily believed that due to the scorching heat and water shortage, the leopard might have come from the forest to the fields in search of water. Meanwhile, he died after falling into a well which was open in the dark and had no safety parapet.
As soon as information about the incident was received, North Forest Divisional Officer Dhirendra Pratap Singh, Sub-Forest Divisional Officer Krishna Maravi and Forest Range Officer Shubham Tiwari reached the spot. With the help of forest staff and villagers, the leopard’s carcass was taken out of the well.
Seeing the seriousness of the matter, the Forest Department got the dog squad searched in the surrounding area, but no signs of illegal activity or hunting were found. After this, a Panchnama was prepared by recording the GPS location of the incident spot and the case was registered.
Later, the post-mortem of the female leopard was conducted in the presence of Wildlife Health Officer, Chief Forest Conservator Chhatarpur, Tehsildar Panna and other officials. Samples required for testing were kept safe. After all the formalities were completed, the final disposal of the dead leopard was done in the presence of administrative officials, public representatives and forest department employees.
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