Mysuru: A banana trader in the city literally escaped from the jaws of death in the wee hours of today when he, in a sleepy state, caressed a leopard thinking that it was his pet dog. Fortunately, he was not attacked by the feline that had entered the shed in search of a dog. The man was sleeping inside the shed. But the leopard later attacked his pet dog and ate away a part of its body.
The incident occurred at around 3 am at ‘Rajanna Baale Mandi’ between Uthanahalli on the outskirts of the city and APMC Yard where Rajanna had set up an air-conditioned unit to artificially ripen bananas and trade them later. Rajanna’s son Ramakrishna and employee Santhosh were sleeping inside the shed.
