Hyderabad man kills most wanted man-eater

Nashik: India’s most wanted man-eater leopard, which had killed seven persons and scores of cattle, was finally gunned down in Jalgaon district by Hyderabad-based sharpshooter Navab Shafatali Khan on Saturday night. 

Even though hundreds of hunters were baying for its blood, Khan’s bullet claimed it in Varkheda village of Chalisgaon tehsil of Jalgaon district at 10.15 pm, according to sources.

The state government had mobilised the largest operation in modern India for this leopard, which had claimed many lives, both human and cattle. In Varkheda village alone, it had killed three persons. The leopard was finally shot dead on the road between Pimpalvad Mhasla and Varkheda village while hiding in a bush.