After 30 days of looking for a leopard in the golf course in Belagavi, the Forest Department has decided to abandon the hunt, deducing that the wild animal may have moved out of the city. The leopard is said to have attacked a mason in Jadhav Nagar on August 5.
The department has come to this conclusion, after a peasant couple had said that they saw the leopard on a field near Mandaoli Road. Officers have deduced that the leopard has gone towards the Bhutramanahatti forests, away from the city.
On Sunday, the Forest Department conducted a large combing operation as a last ditch effort. It employed over 250 personnel from the Forest and Police departments, to sift through the bushes and trees in the golf course. The personnel spent over six hours combing the area, but did not see the leopard.
