A high alert has been sounded in some areas of Bengaluru as four leopards were spotted in different areas of the city recently. As per reports, four big cats were sighted in Kengeri, Kumbalagodu, Devanahalli and nearby areas of Bengaluru. A carcass of a deer killed by a leopard was also spotted by forest department authorities in Kodipalya near Kanakapura at the outskirts of Bengaluru.

To catch the big cats, the Forest Department has started patrolling of the Turahalli forest area where the leopards were first spotted. The Turahalli urban forest area falls under the Bengaluru metropolitan municipal corporation limits. There were also reports of the big cats being captured on CCTV cameras

“The information we have is that there is one leopard, but people reported there are more than two. We are ascertaining the information and will give our report in a day or two,” Ravishankar told PTI.

He said there is a possibility of a leopard is straying with her cubs in the Turahalli forest area.

Forest department authorities has also set up a cage to catch the prowling feline on the premises of a private factory in Tarabanahalli in Devanahalli taluk of Bengaluru Rural district .In the past two days, the people have spotted the leopards several times.

The The authorities have advised the people against venturing out alone at night. They have also been asked to keep away from the reserve forests, play songs on their mobiles and talk loudly when they are moving during night.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday said all efforts are being made to stop leopard attacks in the state capital vicinity and announced a compensation of ₹15 lakh for families of those killed in these attacks.
Earlier it used to be near the forest. Now the forest department has taken serious note of what is happening around Bengaluru. Efforts are being made to hunt it for the past several days and a trap has also been set,” said Bommai.

Bommai said that he has instructed the department to catch the leopard alive and release it into the forest.

“In Bengaluru and Mysuru zone there are also leopards around the elephant corridor. A special team has been formed to prevent leopard attacks and has been told to take specific action,” the Chief Minister added.
He said that the team will conduct operations to control them and catch leopards that have strayed from the forest.

A student was killed in a leopard attack at Kebehundi village in T Narsipur taluk of Mysuru district on Thursday. The victim has been identified as Meghana, a final-year B Com student of the government college in T Narsipur.

One more death was reported from Chamarajanagar near Mysuru border.

Leopards were spotted in Kengeri, Kumbalagodu, Devanahalli and surrounding localities of Bengaluru.