A day after women reported sighting a leopard loitering in the maize fields in Mansur village on the outskirts of Dharwad, the wild cat has killed a calf in a cattle shed of the village.
The incident took place late on Thursday night. The residents who were woken up by the wailing of the calf tried to chase away the leopard but failed.
Forest officials and personnel who rushed to the village on being alerted found pug marks of the leopard near the cattle shed. They have now confirmed that the leopard indeed strayed into the village.
