Adding to the rising death toll of leopards this year, another leopard was found dead near the Shilonda trail by a patrolling team at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park on Saturday evening. The deceased animal is said to be a sub-adult male leopard.

Park authorities are conducting an autopsy and other investigations to find out the reason behind the animal’s death. The SGNP team was on a routine patrolling job at 4 pm on Saturday, when they saw the body of the leopard around 600 metres from the entry gate of Shilonda trail.