It was shot dead after it injured five people at East Chatnai village.

Dimla Forest Bit Officer Nishikanta Malakar received the dead leopard after autopsy at Dimla, done by Upazila Live stock Officer Dr Amal Kumar, forest officials there said yesterday.

The dead leopard will be handed over to the Ministry of Forest and Environment, they said.

Meanwhile the five persons seriously insured by the leopard are being treated at Rangpur Medical College Hospital.

Condition of one of them -- Tota Mia--is critical as the leopard took away flesh from different parts of his body with it's sharp teeth, sources said.

Straying into Bangladesh on Tuesday, it ran about four kilometres inside and took shelter in a bamboo cluster at East Chatnai. It was seen when a villager went to the bush to cut a bamboo. It jumped on the villager, who raised a hue and cry.

Others came in with sticks and sharp weapons but could not kill it. Five persons were injured in the fighting. Finally, the villagers called Dimla police, who shot it dead.

A panicky situation is prevailing in Dimla upazila as there is a rumour that two more leopards crossed the Teesta river and entered Bangladesh.