TIRUPUR: The forest department on Thursday tranquilised and captured a four-yearold male leopard that attacked two farm labourers and an anti-poaching watcher (APW) in a maize field at Pappankulam village here three days ago.
Frontline staff of the department, who were camping at Pongupalayam in Perumanallur after locals spotted a big cat, had received information about a leopard attacking a stray dog near the warehouse of a private garment unit at Ammapalayam in Thirumuruganpoondi municipality on Thursday morning.
