bhopal a team from kuno national park in sheopur of madhya pradesh tasked with locating a female cheetah aasha which had moved out of the protected area was attacked early friday morning by villagers in burakheda village who mistook them to be cattle thievesthe villagers fired at the team and launched a physical attack four forest employees were injured in stonepelting and taken to hospitalthe forest department team had been using a gps tracker attached to the cheetahs neck to monitor its movements during their search the team passed near burakheda village in the nightthe villagers suspected them to be cattle thieves and fired warning shots in the air to scare them away however when the team did not retreat the villagers launched a violent attack including physical assaults and stonepeltingit was reported that the attack was prompted by recent thefts in the village and the presence of dacoits in the area the forest department team in their search for the cheetah had made several rounds of the village in their vehicle which made the villagers suspiciouspk verma divisional forest officer said a case has been registered at the local police station and urged a thorough investigation to identify those responsible for the attackwatch violent attack on kuno cheetah team in madhya pradesh mistaken for cow thieves