Watch: Leopard Grabs Man's Foot In Hyderabad Street, Lets Go When Confronted By Stray Dogs

A terrifying video shows a leopard chasing humans on the streets of Hyderabad and then being cornered by stray dogs.

Two days after the leopard was seen resting in the middle of a road, the CCTV visuals of its attack on a lorry cleaner have now gone viral. In the same video clip, the feline is also seen facing the wrath of a pack of dogs.

Twitter/Praveen Kaswan

According to reports, the incident occurred on Thursday morning near Katedan underpass. The passers-by were shocked to see the wild cat resting in the middle of the road close to the median.

Overnight it strolled in populated areas in the city and it is injured now unable to move ahead pic.twitter.com/BA6d8aOe5w

¡ª Prashanth (@prashantchiguru) May 14, 2020

The aforementioned video was shared by the Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Parveen Kaswan with the caption, "Leopard vs Dogs. Somewhere in India. But such is not new. Feral dogs do corner leopards and leopards love hot-dogs when they get a chance. Via Whatsapp."

Reports state that when the motorists and the locals gathered near the road, clicking pictures and taking videos from their mobile phones, the leopard started charging at them.

A driver and cleaner of a truck who were also watching the animal ran for their lives when it started chasing them.

Leopard vs Dogs. Somewhere in India. But such is not new. Feral dogs do corner leopards & leopards love hot-dogs, when we they get chance. Via Whatsapp. pic.twitter.com/I4saHVfSl6

¡ª Parveen Kaswan, IFS (@ParveenKaswan) May 16, 2020

While the driver managed to climb onto the cabin, the cleaner scrambled for safety and then ran toward the truck to climb on to the cabin to save himself.

Twitter/prashantchiguru

The leopard, which emerged by jumping over the road divider pounced at him and tried to drag him by his feet. It was a close save for the cleaner as he managed to lift himself and escaped with a minor injury on his leg.

The leopard then leaves his foot and runs away trying to escape the stray dogs coming towards it. The stray dogs corner the leopard but eventually get scared of it and run away. The time stamp on the CCTV footage shows that the video is from May 14.

The leopard later strayed into a nearby farmhouse and despite the best efforts by a team of forest officials and police to trap, it remained elusive. reports News18. The forest officials late Friday said the leopard might have made its way towards reserved forests in Chilkur.