A wild leopard scalps the head of a man as it attacks after wandering into a residential neighbourhood in Gauhati, in the northern state of Assam, India. (AP Photo/The Sunday Indian, Manas Paran)
Neighbours in Gauhati say the leopard attacked a 50-year-old lawyer as he talked on his cellphone on Saturday evening outside his house. He was rushed to a hospital where he died on Sunday.
Four other people were injured, including a man who had part of his scalp torn off in a dramatic attack captured by a local newspaper photographer.
Gauhati wildlife official Utpal Bora says authorities plan to release the animal at a wildlife park 200km west of the city.
Conservationists say deforestation is increasingly pushing leopards into populated areas.
