Video: UP Man Enters Leopard Cage To Catch Rooster, Gets Stuck Inside

A video of the incident shows the man asking forest officers to get him out

A large metal cage installed at a village frequented by a leopard threw up a surprise catch. Instead of the big cat, a man was found trapped inside the cage. #WATCH | Uttar Pradesh: A man got stuck in a cage, installed to nab a leopard, in Basendua village of Bulandshahr dist. Forest Dept says that the man had entered the cage to get a rooster that was kept there as bait for the leopard.(Video: viral video confirmed by Forest Dept) pic.twitter.com/8ujj23I2AO

The incident happened in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr.

A video of the incident shows the man asking forest officers to get him out. He firmly grabs the green metal bars that surround him from all sides as he asks for help.

The man entered the cage to take a rooster, which was kept as a bait for the leopard, Forest Department officials told news agency ANI.