shamli panic spread across villages of uttar pradeshs shamli district after people found halfeaten animal carcasses preyed upon by a leopard in the districts forest area forest department officials have asked the villagers to stay calm and alert they have issued high alert in shamli muzaffarnagar and baghpat as all these districts have common boundaries the farmers of village kaniyan in kandhla block of shamli district claimed that they spotted a leopard in the fields on monday night sanaspal a farmer said we saw the leopard on monday and hes hugemeanwhile people in other nearby villages including bhaneda and bhabhisa have stopped going to fields after sighting of the leopard and the labourers too have stopped workingfollowing this the forest officials have now asked the villagers to not allow their children to go out unaccompanied and have even asked farmers to work in groupscommenting on the measures implemented to track the carnivores movement forest officer vinay kumar singh said we have formed several patrolling teams and set up cages too the officials of the border districts of muzaffarnagar and baghpat have also been asked to remain vigilant