Leopard strays into Hetero labs unit in Telangana, captured finally

Hyderabad, Dec 17: A male leopard which triggered panic among the staff after it strayed into Hetero Labs Limited unit-1, a pharmaceutical company, at Gaddapotharam of Jinnaram Mandal of Sangareddy district in the early hours of Saturday was finally captured by a special team of Nehru zoo park this evening. The leopard entered the Lab H bock at 4 a.m. Noticing the arrival of the animal, the lab staff came out and locked the block. Later the information of the leopard entering the Lab was given to the forest department officials. A special team of Nehru Zoo Park reached there and captured the animal after a 11-hour-long operation. After the team fired a tranquilizer dart, the leopard was caught when it fell asleep and confined it in a cage and then moved to Nehru Zoo Park here.