Leopard leaps onto moving car near Pune, series of big cat incidents reported across Maharashtra
Pune: In a startling incident, a leopard leapt onto a moving car on the Pune-Ahilyanagar Road near Kamargaon, injuring itself in the process on Tuesday morning. The encounter was captured on video, has since gone viral.
The leopard leaped out of the roadside shrubs, according to eyewitnesses. It attempted to attack a speeding automobile. It misjudged the leap, hit the vehicle's bonnet and sliding onto the road. Motorists came to a halt as the injured leopard sat immobile for several minutes. Crowd gathered and caused temporary chaos on the busy stretch.
Forest officials reached the spot shortly after they were alerted. They confirmed that the animal was later safely rescued and taken for medical treatment, as reported by The Free Press Journal. The event follows a series of leopard-related attacks in Pune area in recent weeks.
Earlier, a police officer in Kolhapur narrowly escaped a leopard attack during a rescue operation near the MSEB Mahavitaran office in the city center. The leopard had strayed into the area, causing panic. During the rescue operation, the leopard became violent and attacked the cops. Viral video shows one officer stumbling as the leopard lunges at him. His crew successfully fended off the animal, but the cop got minor injuries.
In another case, forest officials in Junnar taluka’s Ghadgepat village successfully trapped a three-year-old female leopard early Sunday morning. The big cat was captured in a cage placed in a banana plantation and later transferred to the Manikdoh Leopard Rescue Centre for care and observation.
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RCB beat MI by 18 runs after batters fire
Mumbai (PTI): Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Rajat Patidar, Phil Salt and Virat Kohli blasted half-centuries as the defending champions beat Mumbai Indians by 18 runs in an Indian Premier League match here on Sunday.
Salt (78 off 36 balls) and Kohli (50 off 38 balls) stitched together a 120-run stand for the opening wicket before Patidar scored a rapid 53 off just 20 balls as RCB posted 240 for 4.
In response, Mumbai Indians were restricted to 222 for 5, with RCB spinner Suyash Sharma (2/47) putting the skids on the home side with a double strike in the eighth over, from which they could not recover.
Sherfane Rutherford top-scored for MI with an unbeaten 71 off 31 balls.
While opener Rohit Sharma appeared to be struggling with a hamstring issue and had to retire hurt on 19, his partner Ryan Rickelton made 37, while Suryakumar Yadav (33) and Hardik Pandya (40) were the other contributors for MI.
Brief scores:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 240 for 4 in 20 overs (Phil Salt 78, Virat Kohli 50, Rajat Patidar 53, Tim David 35 not out).
Mumbai Indians: 222 for 5 in 20 overs (Sherfane Rutherford 71 not out, Ryan Rickelton 37, Hardik Pandya 40; Suyash Sharma 2/47).
