spotted at a banana farm at Rakhunde Vasti of Wangi village in Karmala
After a rigorous search operation, the state forest department on Friday gunned down a “maneater” leopard, which is believed to have killed as many as seven persons and injured four others in Beed, Aurangabad and Solapur forest divisions since November 15.
Speaking to The Indian Express, Nitin Kakodkar, Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (Wildlife), said, “The maneater leopard has been gunned down at a banana farm in Karmala in Solapur district around 6.15 pm today (Friday).”
According to forest officials, the leopard was spotted at the banana farm of Pandurang Rakhunde, at Rakhunde Vasti of Wangi village in Karmala.