The Andhra Pradesh forest department has captured the leopard that recently attacked a three-year-old boy at Tirumala when he was on a pilgrimage with his family, a senior official said on Saturday.

Additional principal chief conservator of forests, wildlife (APCCF, WL) Shanti Priya Pandey said the big cat was captured around 11 pm on Friday. It is a sub-adult male leopard captured at Mamandoor Mitta area near the Seventh Mile point, adjacent to the First Ghat road, Pandey told PTI.