Undated photo released Monday Jan. 2, 2012, by Wildlife Heritage Foundation of an Amur leopard, an example of the endangered species which is scheduled to be released in Russia. (AP Photo / Wildlife Heritage Foundation)
Updated: Monday, 09 Jan 2012, 2:50 PM EST
Published : Monday, 09 Jan 2012, 2:50 PM EST
A leopard that wandered into a city in eastern India went on a rampage, killing one man, swiping off part of another man's scalp and injuring three other people before authorities tranquilized it.
Neighbors in Gauhati say the leopard attacked a 50-year-old lawyer as he talked on his cellphone Saturday evening outside his house. He was rushed to a hospital where he died Sunday.
Four other people were injured, including a man who had part of his scalp torn off in a dramatic attack captured by a local newspaper photographer.
Gauhati wildlife official Utpal Bora says authorities plan to release the animal at a wildlife park 120 miles (200 kilometers) west of the city.
Conservationists say deforestation is increasingly pushing leopards into populated areas.
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