Mangaluru:  A leopard that had created fear by attacking a couple and later climbing a tree at Renjilady in Kadaba was finally captured by the forest department officials on Friday noon.

The leopard was caught after tranquilising it by the expert.

Chandrashekar Kamath and his wife Sowmya Kamath, while on way to their farmland to change the jet of the sprinkler, the leopard had attacked and injured them in the early morning.

Suspecting that the leopard had hidden inside the farmland, the forest officials carried out a search operation. During the search operation, the officials noticed the leopard on a tree.

The expert tranquilised the leopard and was later caught using a net. ACF Austin P Soans, RFOs Raghavendra Manjunath and others were present there.

The injured couple has been admitted to a hospital in Puttur for treatment.