Islamabad police register case in leopard escape case  

• The leopard attacked several people.
• It was later contained by the IWMB.
• Sahala Police registered case under sections 324.

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Police had registered a case against an unknown suspect for keeping a leopard as a pet after it attacked residents of a private housing society in the federal capital.

The leopard, which was on the loose a day earlier, attacked several people. It was later contained by the Islamabad Wildlife Management Board (IWMB).

The case was registered at the Sahala Police Station under sections 324 (attempt to commit qatl-i-amd) and 289 (negligent conduct with respect to animal) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).

“The suspect endangered the lives of citizens by keeping dangerous animals,” the Islamabad police shared on Twitter.

The law enforcement agency added that a search for the suspect is underway and legal action will be taken after arresting them.

The news that a leopard was roaming around Islamabad and attacking people spread quickly Thursday evening with several people sharing images and videos that went viral on social media.

In videos posted to social media of the six-hour jaunt, the young male cat could be seen slipping between cars before knocking down a man and leaping over a garden fence.

After a cat and mouse game that had lasted several hours, the IWMB captured the wildcat and took it to the city’s former zoo that was shut down in 2020 over its treatment of animals.

The creature, aged between two and three years old, is now in the company of a brown bear, a tiger, and several monkeys — rescued by wildlife authorities in recent months.

In an update today on the whole saga, the IWMB identified the leopard as male and said he was “in good health” at the IWMB’s rescue and rehab centre. “[The] IWMB scientific committee will decide next steps for leopard rehabilitation. Leopard has been named Deeaitchay by IWMB staff,” the update stated on Twitter.

Earlier, addressing the number of attacks the animal had made on residents, the police had said news of the leopard had brought a lot of people out of their homes and the leopard was attacking one person after the other.

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