WATCH: Leopard enters Gujarat Secretariat, captured hours later
Ahmedabad, November 5
A leopard that had sneaked inside the premises of the high-security Gujarat government secretariat in Gandhinagar in early hours Monday, was captured by the Forest Department in the evening.
The secretariat, or Sachivalaya, in the state capital near here houses the offices of Gujarat chief minister and chief secretary, besides those of other ministers, senior bureaucrats and government departments.
CCTV footage shared by the authorities showed the leopard sneaking into the Sachivalaya complex from beneath a locked gate at around 2 am.
On learning about the presence of the leopard on the premises, the state forest department started a search operation and finally managed to cage the feline after hours of efforts.
"The leopard may have lost its way and entered into the premises," said Rajeev Kumar Gupta, additional chief secretary, Forest Department.
He said leopards are part of wildlife found in 40-50 square km area surrounding the state capital. PTI
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