News about spotting of a leopard created panic among residents of B.N. Reddy Nagar colony of L.B. Nagar on Thursday.
A person from the Sagar Housing Complex in the locality is reported to have seen the feline perching on the compound wall.
He informed that the animal later moved towards an aviation academy behind the Sanjeevani Vanam forest park in Gurramguda. Police and Forest officials were alerted by the local people, who spent a day searching for clues, but in vain.