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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EC will leave no stone unturned to hold free, fair elections in West Bengal: CEC Kumar
New Delhi (PTI): Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Monday asserted that the Election Commission will leave no stone unturned in holding free, fair and transparent polls in West Bengal where the first phase of voting is scheduled to be held on April 23.
Interacting with officials involved in poll management, the CEC said the elections will be fear-free, violence-free and intimidation-free.
Officials said the poll authority will ensure elections are also inducement-free and "booth jamming free".
No employee of the state government, local bodies or autonomous bodies will be allowed to influence the electoral process, they said.
The ruling TMC in the state has accused the EC of playing in the hands of the BJP, a charge vehemently rejected by the election watchdog.
The EC and the TMC have also been at loggerheads over the special intensive revision of voters' list with the party accusing the poll authority of deliberately disenfranchising voters to benefit the BJP. Both the EC and the BJP have rejected the charge while dubbing it as baseless.
The second phase of voting in West Bengal will be held on April 29 and votes will be counted on May 4.
