A leopard sparked off terror after it was spotted hiding inside a bush at a courtyard in India. <br /><br />The animal was first seen roaming on the streets of Nashik in south-western India on the night of February 17. <br /><br />A resident of Savarkar Nagar area of the city heard a growling sound coming from a bush at a nearby bungalow and alerted police and forest departments yesterday (February 18). <br /><br />Officials rushed to the spot and managed to trap the animal with nylon after tranquilising it.<br /><br />A forest department said the rescue effort lasted eight hours and one of his colleagues was injured in the process.<br /><br />He said the leopard would be released in the wild after a medical check-up.<br /><br />Nashik has dense forests nearby, home to several wild animals.
