Five people sustained injuries after they were attacked by a leopard in Thakurbaba Municipality-9 of Bardiya district on Sunday.

Police said they were attacked by the leopard while a group of some 20-25 people were filming the leopard that was hiding in a cornfield of one Daliram Chaudhary.

Deputy Superintendent of Police Hikmat Bahadur Bohara, who is also information officer of Bardiya District Police Office, said 49-year-old Sita Tharuni, 30-year-old Som Prasad Tharu, 40-year-old Soharam Tharu, 40-year-old Ramdas Chaudhary and 28-year-old Chandra Bogati of Thakurbaba-9 were injured in the leopard attack.

They have returned home after medication at a local health facility.

DSP Bohara said a team from Bardiya National Park captured the leopard and released it into the wild.