noida after a leopard was spotted at a group housing society in greater noida west earlier this week the search and rescue operation continued for a third day in a row officials said on thursdayresidents of the society have curtailed their outdoor movements ever since they were alerted about the big cats movement in the area and suspected its presence in the basement of an underconstruction residential tower on their premises read alsoday 2 leopard rescue operation yields no results in greater noida as stray dogs land up in cagewhile day two of the leopard rescue operation yielded no results stray dogs were found getting trapped in the cage set up for the leopard at the ajnara le garden a society in greater noida west in upteams of forest department from gautam buddh nagar are stationed at ajnara le garden society in sector 16 of greater noida west also known as noida extension additional experts have also been roped in from agra ghaziabad and meerut a senior officer said0107greater noida search and rescue operation of leopard continues for second daythree goats have also been brought at the site as bait in the trap cages for the stranded feline gautam buddh nagar divisional forest officer dfo pramod kumar srivastava saidthe leopard sighting on tuesday triggered panic among residents of the group housing society which inhabits around 1500 people no doubt residents are very concerned about their safety mukesh gupta who lives with his family on the 15th floor told pti on wednesday guptas wife was among those who claimed to have seen the feline moving around in the area on wednesday morning my wife saw the leopard moving in the society on wednesday morning it was a little misty when she noticed the leopard near the swimming pool gupta said amit kumar another resident said home delivery services were also curtailed and common areas made inaccessible in the society as people were taking utmost caution if stepping out the society has around 16 residential towers of which five to six are under construction the leopard was spotted in one of the underconstruction towers basement on tuesday a couple of blurred pictures of the animal also emerged according to the society residentswith pti inputs