aurangabad a man who got injured on saturday night claimed that he was attacked by an unidentified wild animal in mukundwadi area of the citythe incident has sparked panic in the area prompting the forest department to deploy a team in the area for further investigationrange forest officer territorial dadasaheb taur on sunday said the man could not see the animal that attacked him in the dark near a railway line we have collected the pug marks from the area but have failed to identify the animal as there was a lot of mud after a detailed probe it would be confirmed which animal was involved in the attack he saidsome local residents have also alleged that the wild animal has killed a couple of stray dogs in the area leading to speculation that it could be a leopardhonorary wildlife warden for aurangabad kishor pathak said the wild animal could be a leopard or hyena the probe in the incident however can confirm it is a case of mananimal conflict the locals need not to panic and avoid venturing in the dark during night hours he saidpathak said construction of different highways in and around aurangabad has led to the indiscriminate destruction of different habitats for wild animals forcing them to infringe upon human areasrecently a sick leopard with the tickbone disease was found in krushnpurwadi area on the city outskirts it died during treatment after rescue earlier in december 2019 a leopard had strayed into the cidco area of the city