<p>Villagers of Kurubarahalli in Hosadurga taluk of Chitradurga armed with sticks and stones lynched a stray leopard in the presence of Forest officials on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The two-and-a-half years cub had attacked three farmers including a woman at a pomegranate farm belonging to Dinesh.</p>.<p>The Forest department personnel had rushed to the farm to trap the cub. When the operations were underway, a group of villagers pounced on the cub and killed it.</p>.<p>A verbal duel ensued between the villagers and the forest personnel when the latter tried to prevent the mob from lynching the cub.</p>.<p>The leopard cub succumbed to injuries en route to Adumallehswara Zoo in Chitradurga.</p>.<p>In-charge DCF H S Ranganathswamy told <span class="italic">DH</span>, “The leopard had hurt its leg and was not in a position to escape from the villagers.</p>.<p>More than 2,000 villagers had gathered at the spot<br />and so we could not control the crowd.”</p>.<p class="CrossHead">Bear rescued</p>.<p>While the hapless leopard fell prey to the mob, a five-year-old bear which had strayed into Koppal city was lucky enough to return to its habitat unscathed.<br />Fearing for its life, the bear wandered across the city making sure it did not get into the hands of the people.</p>.<p>Police took control of the situation by closing the entry points to residential areas before the Forest personnel from Kamalapur armed with a tranquilliser gun and net managed to catch the bear and took it to Munirabad Forest department office.</p>.<p>The forest officials said, the bear would soon be released into Daroji Bear Sanctuary.</p>
<p>Villagers of Kurubarahalli in Hosadurga taluk of Chitradurga armed with sticks and stones lynched a stray leopard in the presence of Forest officials on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The two-and-a-half years cub had attacked three farmers including a woman at a pomegranate farm belonging to Dinesh.</p>.<p>The Forest department personnel had rushed to the farm to trap the cub. When the operations were underway, a group of villagers pounced on the cub and killed it.</p>.<p>A verbal duel ensued between the villagers and the forest personnel when the latter tried to prevent the mob from lynching the cub.</p>.<p>The leopard cub succumbed to injuries en route to Adumallehswara Zoo in Chitradurga.</p>.<p>In-charge DCF H S Ranganathswamy told <span class="italic">DH</span>, “The leopard had hurt its leg and was not in a position to escape from the villagers.</p>.<p>More than 2,000 villagers had gathered at the spot<br />and so we could not control the crowd.”</p>.<p class="CrossHead">Bear rescued</p>.<p>While the hapless leopard fell prey to the mob, a five-year-old bear which had strayed into Koppal city was lucky enough to return to its habitat unscathed.<br />Fearing for its life, the bear wandered across the city making sure it did not get into the hands of the people.</p>.<p>Police took control of the situation by closing the entry points to residential areas before the Forest personnel from Kamalapur armed with a tranquilliser gun and net managed to catch the bear and took it to Munirabad Forest department office.</p>.<p>The forest officials said, the bear would soon be released into Daroji Bear Sanctuary.</p>
