Leopard spotted at IIT campus, incident tickles twitteratis funny bone
A team has been dispatched to the campus and rescue work is going on
Mumbai: A leopard was on Wednesday spotted in the campus of Indian Institute of Technology here and the officials claimed that it is still present in the premises.
"A leopard has been sighted this morning in a workshop of Metallurgy department of the IIT. The forest officers have arrived and they are examining if the leopard is still present in the campus.
"As soon as one of our staff members alerted us about the presence of a leopard, we called the forest department officials," Rashmi Udaykumar, Public Relations Officer of IIT, told PTI.
She added that the IIT officials have cordoned off the entire area "indefinitely" to avoid any loss to life. Meanwhile, forest department officials said that a team has been dispatched to the campus and rescue work is going on.
"We have sent a team to the campus led by the Range forest officer. They are trying to search the area to check if the leopard is trapped somewhere in the campus. More details can be provided only after our team manages to find the animal," a forest officer said.
Here's how twitteratis take a dig at the incident
Q. Mr Leopard, why did you enter the IIT? A. I am a Salman Khan fan. I was just Being Human @balliawalebaba @bhak_sala
— pRe mAtuRe eNginNer (@DEepank2310) July 23, 2014Leapord entered IIT . Where are you.? I entered a zoo filled with owls.
— A (@badami_haalu) July 23, 2014People have strong belief that leapord is from Bansal Classes but a lot believe that he Might be from Resonance or VMC too.
— Prashant Chaudhary (@chyprashant) July 23, 2014Cat went To IIM Turned into a leapord Went to IIT and told them you are nothing unless u give CAT
— Euphonic Harridan (@brawling_virago) July 23, 2014Leapord entered IIT pawoi(mumbai) without cracking JEE...intresting !
— Shashank kr (@shashank_kr0403) July 23, 2014