Education Department declared a holiday for 22 schools in the military camp area in Belagavi, in north Karnataka, after a leopard was seen crossing Club Road in the morning on August 22.
A video shot on a mobile phone by two bus drivers of a leopard crossing Club Road near the military camp area was shared widely on social media. The wild animal ran for nearly 200 metres on the sidewalk, on the left side of the golf course, before crossing over to the other side of the road, between Gandhi Circle and Vanita Vidyalaya ground.
