Chamarajanagar: CCTV footage of a leopard entering the doctors’ quarters of the Chamarajanagar Institute of Medical Sciences (CIMS) doctors’ in Chamarajanagar went viral on Wednesday. According to NDTV’s report, the incident occurred on January 2.
In the video, the leopard can be seen entering the doctors’ quarters on the CIMS campus at around 9.30 pm and running through a corridor. It then turns back and looks into a room before exiting the corridor again.
The video was shared by Indian Forest Service officer Parveen Kaswan on Twitter with the caption, “When a black panther comes for college inspection. Karnataka.”
He added in a subsequent tweet, “…Black panthers are also normal leopard only. Though melanistic. This could be non-melanistic also. In night.[sic]”
When a black panther comes for college inspection. Karnataka. @anil_lulla pic.twitter.com/754rGgRBx4
— Parveen Kaswan, IFS (@ParveenKaswan) January 7, 2021
Dean and Director of CIMS (affiliated with the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences) Dr G M Sanjeev confirmed the leopard sighting to Udayavani and added that the medical college is near a tiger reserve so leopards are often spotted on campus. Speaking to TNM, he denied that the wild animal was spotted near the hospital. He stated that the doctors’ quarters is close to the college campus in the Yadapura village, while the main hospital building is in Chamarajanagar town, which is 8 km away.
He added that the leopard entered the quarters only for a minute and there was no issue caused by the incident.
