The leopard, around four years old, climbed an electric pole near Thanakalan forest yesterday morning and got electrocuted, district forest officer VSNV Prasad said.
A farmer saw the animal's lifeless body hanging from wires and alerted forest officials, he said.
Doctors who conducted autopsy opined that the cause of death was electrocution, and as the animal's teeth, claws and hide were intact, possibility of it being a case of poaching was ruled out, the DFO told PTI over phone.
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