mysuru a day after an 11yearold boy was killed by a leopard forest department officials continued combing operation to nab it in the affected areas of t narasipura taluk the department formed 10 teams of 120 personnel and deployed a thermal drone to track it downaccording to sources personnel with prior experience in nabbing wild animals have been tasked with the job goats and other animals have been used in cages to lure the leopardmalathi priya m chief conservator of forests mysuru said the combing operation continues day and night forest officials said additional camera traps have been set up to follow the leopards movementsvillagers said senior forest department officials visited villages and reviewed the operationmeanwhile villagers live in fear of leopard attacks with officials advising them not to venture into fields or open places after dusk all are confined to their homes after 530pm need permanent squad in villagesall these attacks are reported near homes leopards are coming into residential areas looking for pet animals as they are easy prey that is the big challenge said locals sosale gram panchayat president mahesha m said they want a permanent squad in their village for a quick response as there are many leopards around we want a response team in the village often the team has to come from t narasipura he addedmeanwhile farmers groups demanded a comprehensive action plan to end the wild animalhuman conflict kuraburu shanthakumar state president of the sugarcane growers association said the government should give rs 50 lakh compensation each to families of the victims he also lashed out at mysuru district minister st somashekar for not calling on the bereaved kin