Jharkhand News: School declares holiday as leopard creates panic in Adityapur
KUMUD JENAMANI Jamshedpur, March 19: Unseen danger has loomed large in Adityapur and Gamharia areas in the adjoining Seraikela-Kharsawan district for…
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KUMUD JENAMANI
Jamshedpur, March 19: Unseen danger has loomed large in Adityapur and Gamharia areas in the adjoining Seraikela-Kharsawan district for the past three days, causing people to panic.
The fear of the illusive animal has increased so much that children have stopped leaving their homes, and duty-goers must maintain extra vigilance while shuttling between the workplace and homes, especially after dusk.
School declares holiday
Having apprehended the sensitivity of the situation, the management of a prominent English-medium school in Gamharia has declared sine die lest they may fall victim to the ferocious creature.
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Also known as ‘tendua’ in the region, the leopard was first sighted in the Adityapur area on Sunday evening, causing a sensation among the residents. The animal remained roaming clandestinely there on Monday, too.
On Tuesday morning, the panther was found inside RSPB’s plant 1 in the Adityapur industrial area in Gamharia.
Seraikela divisional forest officer Aditya Narayan confirmed the presence of a leopard in his jurisdiction.
Task force is on job: DFO
“We cannot say where this animal came from, but it has been moving in the Adityapur and Gamharia areas for the past couple of days, ” said Aditya Narayan while talking to The Jharkhand Story.
The DFO stated that the leopard might have strayed into the human habitat from the jungle in neighbouring Odisha, adding that a task force is working around the clock to trace the animal.
