Ghaziabad: In a valiant act, a young girl trapped a leopard inside her house here and then escaped, shortly after the animal attacked and wounded two people on the streets.
The forest department captured the leopard on Friday morning.
Preeti was alone when the leopard barged into her house on Thursday night apparently in a bid to attack a cow it spotted there.
As the wild animal entered her room, the girl hastily bolted the door from within, preventing its exit, and quickly scaled the stairs to the first floor. Then she bolted the door from outside.
The police said it all began at about 9.30 p.m. when the leopard walked into a weekly market, triggering panic. It first attacked a boy and a man.
On being summoned by SP Salman Taj Patil and additional district magistrate Preeti Jaiswal, forest officials reached the house with a cage from Meerut early on Friday.
The animal was tranquilized and sent to a shelter center.
Ghaziabad district magistrate Nidhi Kesarwani said Preeti’s name would be recommended for a bravery award.
The injured, Akash and Bittoo, were in a Delhi hospital and said to be in stable condition.