At least 15 folks had been injured when a wild leopard went on a rampage within the Indian state of Assam.

The animals don’t often assault human beings except provoked, however terrifying footage shared on social media on Tuesday confirmed the animal leaping over a barbed wire fence – a lot larger than the peak of any human being – and launching itself at a shifting van.

Those injured had been bitten by the animal however had been all anticipated to make a full restoration.

Officials stated the animal first attacked forest officers on the Rain Forest Research Institute on the outskirts of town of Jorhat, earlier than fleeing the campus and coming into into neighbouring villages beneath the duvet of dense tea backyard vegetation.

“Some residents had a close shave as the leopard was roaming in their courtyards. Many of the injured were bitten and needed hospitalisation but they seem to be out of danger now,” stated Ranjit Konwar, a divisional forest officer in Jorhat.

After a two-day search, the animal was efficiently tranquilised on Thursday and can endure a medical examination earlier than it’s launched into Assam’s Kaziranga National Park, which can also be residence to the world’s largest inhabitants of the Indian one-horned rhinoceros.

A video posted on social media appeared to indicate the leopard trying unsuccessfully to drag a big tranquiliser dart out of its neck.