New Delhi (Sputnik): A local court in Chotila, a small town in India's western state of Gujarat, had a surprise visitor on Friday. Proceedings were on in full swing when a leopard entered the courtroom, astounding everyone present there.
Leopard entered inside a Court in Gujarat's Chotila… pic.twitter.com/vdZYC99XVu
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Chotila is a famous pilgrimage center and is surrounded by forest, where leopards are found.
The leopard was reportedly caught by forest officials.
Leopard enters court premises in #Gujarat's Chotila, rescued pic.twitter.com/9adZ6VfxrQ
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Gujarat, the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has witnessed a number of incidences of man-animal conflict in the recent past. Only last month, a man-eater leopard was caged by forest officials after it reportedly devoured three women in the Dahod district. In the same month, a leopard entered the Gujarat Secretariat campus, disrupting the bureaucratic hub's functioning for almost half a day.