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<\/div>\nAbout a dozen cameras were installed in the area to catch leopard<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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A leopard who allegedly attacked and killed a six-year-old girl near the famous Tirumala temple in Andhra Pradesh’s Tirupati, has been captured, the police said.<\/p>\n
The movement of leopard had been recorded at five places on Saturday night, following which, the forest officials set up a trap to catch the animal. About a dozen cameras were installed in the area.<\/p>\n
About a dozen cameras were installed in the area.<\/p>\n
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) has urged parents to be extra cautious while trekking with their children.\u00a0“Pilgrims accompanied by children aged below 15 years, can trek only between 5 am to 2 pm,” the administration said.<\/p>\n
In another important decision, the movement of the two-wheelers, has also been restricted from 6 pm to 6 am.<\/p>\n
TTD Chairman Sri B Karunakara Reddy will hold a high level meeting thi evening to discuss on the measures to be taken in view of the safety of the pilgrims in both the footpath routes and Ghat roads.<\/p>\n
Lakshita is suspected to have wandered off into the forest while trekking up the hill with her parents last week.<\/p>\n
Her body was found in a bushy area near another temple on the pedestrian path that leads to the hill shrine in Tirupati.\u00a0Injuries on her body indicated an animal attack.<\/p>\n
In June, a three-year-old boy came under leopard attack in the area, but was rescued in the nick of time.<\/p>\n
Using about 150 cameras to track it, the animal was trapped and later released into another jungle.<\/p>\n
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