A Maruti Suzuki facility in Manesar, India shut down for 36 hours after a wild leopard strayed onto the premises.<br /><br />The facility, which manufactures on an average 5,000 petrol and diesel engines daily, is India’s largest automobile plant. <br /><br />The leopard was spotted by security guards at 4am local time on Thursday morning. The plant was shut down and the workers were evacuated. <br /><br />A team of 100 forest and police officials cordoned off the entire complex and started searching for the animal. <br /><br />The combing operation failed to trace the animal in the large campus spread across 600 acres. <br /><br />Rescuers came across foot prints and the CCTV cameras gave tantalising glimpses of the animal, which managed to remain elusive.<br /><br />The forest officials also brought in two live goats and raw meat to lure the leopard into a cage, though it steered clear of them.<br /><br />The big cat was spotted at 1.45 pm on Friday by officials, who were monitoring CCTV cameras. <br /><br />A team rushed to the Engine Plant and tranquillised it.<br /><br />A senior forest official R Anand said: “We will examine the leopard’s condition and then release it back to its natural habitat.” <br /><br />It is suspected that the leopard may have strayed from Aravali Hills, a nearby forest area
