Mumbai: A leopard that had killed at least eight people in Maharashtra was shot dead by the forest department in Solapur district on Friday after attempts to tranquilize the animal failed, Official said.

“The leopard had killed at least eight people and injured four others across Solapur, Beed, Ahmednagar and Aurangabad districts. After being spotted in the banana farm on Friday evening, we tried to tranquilize the animal first, but as the attempts failed, it was finally shot dead,” divisional conservator of forests (Solapur) Dhairyashil Patil said.