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Leopard in Indore, Madhya Pradesh: Panic gripped software engineers and IT professionals of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Infosys from mid-day on Tuesday, as a leopard was spotted straying outside their offices

Panic gripped software engineers and IT professionals of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Infosys from mid-day on Tuesday, as a leopard was spotted straying outside their offices. The companies handled the situation by asking employees to stay in, closing the gates and calling upon forest rescue teams.
Forest department teams were informed about the same at 12 pm, after which a rescue team started from the office in Navratan Bagh. A local team of rescuers arrived at the spot to control the situation till the forest team arrives. Around 1:30 pm, the forest team arrived and brought a cage to rescue the leopard.
Indore divisional forest officer (DFO) M S Solanki said, "We received information about the leopard sighting near the campuses of TCS and Infosys in the Super Corridor area.” A rescue team was sent, but until evening, the leopard cannot be found. The pugmarks of the leopard were found inside the campus of Infosys near Super Corridor in Scheme No. 151 and 169B of Indore on Tuesday morning.
“We found pugmarks of the leopard, confirming its presence in the area, hence, the search is on for the animal," Solanki said. TCS and Infosys run special economic zones (SEZs) in the Super Corridor area of the city, and their campuses are next to each other.
The forest department team has been searching for the leopard for most of the day. “Due to the large trees of acacia covering the field, the rescue team is struggling to find the leopard,” Solanki said. The leopards can easily camouflage in yellow soil and around tree trunks.
“Leopards are skilled climbers, will rest in the branches of trees during the day, and often drag their prey up into trees, so it gets harder to spot them,” Solanki said.
The campus is spread over 70 acres. There is also a high boundary wall for security around the campus. The forest department team is trying to find out from where the leopard came inside.
To avoid any human-animal conflict, forest officials have cautioned employees of the two IT companies have been against venturing out of their offices until the rescue operation is over.
In the last few years, the number of leopards has increased in the state. There are more than 70 leopards in Indore, Choral, Mhow and Manpur, which fall in Indore Forest division alone. Their number is more in Choral and Mhow. This is the reason why leopard movement is seen in the residential areas there. 
Despite search operations, the leopard could not be rescued till the end of the day. Hence, the rescue team set up a trap and hoped to find it the next morning. There is a higher chance that the leopard gets in the trap at night, as they are nocturnal beings.

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