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The leopard was moved to the rescue centre of forest department at Dhobikuva near Pavagadh on January 7. The rescue centre is the only facility in the state where man-eater leopards are kept for remaining part of their lives. Vadodara: The Chhota Udepur forest department on Friday arrested a resident of Zab village in Pavi Jetpur taluka for allegedly shooting down a leopard. Hindu Rathwa, 56, was arrested by the forest officials after they learnt that he had shot at and killed the leopard. The bullet hit the leopard between its legs and it died due to the injuries,” Pandya said.The leopard had died on January 7 at the forest department’s rescue centre..