A 12-year-old leopard was found dead in its enclosure at Bokaro zoo on Sunday morning.
The leopard’s death is the second in the zoo in the last four months. On June 3, the only lioness was also found dead in its enclosure.
The zoo has been closed to visitors since March due to the Covid induced lockdown.
Bokaro zoo also known as Jawaharlal Nehru Biological Park is owned and maintained by Bokaro Steel Plant.
The leopard, Akshay, was brought in from Tata Zoo, Jamshedpur in July 2014.
“It seems leopard died of internal haemorrhage. However we will submit a post mortem report on Monday defining the cause thoroughly”, said Dr Mukesh Kumar Sinha of the animal husbandry department.
Zoo in-charge, Dr. Gautam Chakraborty said, Akshay was perfectly healthy till Satursday. He had his normal diet. Akshay’s death has shocked everyone at the zoo.
Maoist posters in Palamau
One of the posters recovered by the police. The Telegraph picture
The Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad and Teertiay Sammelan Prastuti Committee, two splinter groups of Maoists have started putting up handwritten posters on the walls houses and on trees in Palamau.
SP Sanjeev Kumar said police have removed a few of these posters.
Sources said following police action, posters remained out of the sight on Sunday.
Kumar said the posters harp on the death threats to police informers and asks government to abstain from making special economic zone.
Man kills friend
A man shot and killed his friend in Ramgarh district on Saturday.
Mohammad Imtiyaz (35) and Mohammad Muzafar Khan (40) were close friends but their relationship turned sour with money related issues. Muzafar shot Imtiyaz in front of a tea stall and escaped.
DSP Prakash Soy said a police team is on the lookout to arrest Muzafar.
Dhanbad woman duped
A woman in Dhanbad was conned into transferring Rs 53,000 from her bank account.
In her FIR lodged at cyber thana, Rajni Agarwal said an unidentified person posing as a mobile service provider asked for her UPI number and transferred the money without her knowledge.
