Lucknow: The streets wear a quiet look while residents locked themselves in their homes as Leopard Limpang releasing terror in Paharpur, Adilnagar and Kalyanpur.
Counting a night without sleep, residents told the Toi that they read ‘Hanuman Chalisa’, playing loud music and staying awake all night for fear.
Anju Yadav (40) from Seomantnagar, Kalyanpur, said he began to shout ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ after he learned that the leopard roamed the colony.
“My five-year-old child played outside the house.
Suddenly my husband took our son inside.
He told me that there was a leopard in the colony,” he said.
Asha Devi, 50, from the same colony, said: “I’m afraid when I know about cats in the area.
I locked myself at home and also asked someone else to stay in the room.” In Adulanagar, locals claimed that the police team response response And the forest department was postponed and added that they were not fully equipped to deal with animals.
Syed Anas, the CCTV camera that caught Leopard’s record which later became a viral, said: “I can’t sleep or go to work because I have two children at home.
We can’t rest until the leopard is captured.
I might go to stay at the place My relatives to the leopard were arrested.
“” We returned home at Kanchana Bihari Marg from the wedding ceremony around 9pm.
No taxi driver or e-bickshaw agreed to transport us to Kalyanpur for scare.
After several requests, a driver Taxis agreed to drop us in return for high payments but he also left us 200 meters from our home.
We have to walk to our house.
We sighed relieved after we locked themselves at home, “said Anita Singh.
At the Spot Road picnic, residents don’t sleep and play loud music to keep leopards.
Residents of Paharpur, Phulbagh, Sector-H from Janipuram remained indoors and did not even talk to journalists.
“We have locked our room and collected all the food items in the room on the second floor.
We will not go down or open the gate until the leopard is arrested,” Rashi Jauhari said from Janipuram.
In Paharpur, two neighbors even traced the guards who held a gun to keep the cat away.