Mohit Ahire, who is only 12 years old, managed to contain his composure in the face of a dangerous encounter with a leopard. He trapped the wildcat inside an office cabin until assistance arrived in Malegaon on Tuesday morning. The boy was the talk of the town, known for his bravery and intelligence. Ahire, the son of a security guard at a wedding hall, claimed that the leopard passed him and entered the office when it was only a foot or so away. At the Sai Celebration wedding hall on the Malegaon-Nampur Road, the incident happened at seven in the morning. Ahire was playing on his cellphone while perched on a bench close to the wedding hall's booking office. He was startled to see the leopard approaching him. The terrified boy went unnoticed by the animal, though. The leopard was so close, the boy claimed. The leopard and him barely had any room to move. It entered the office's inner cabin directly in front of him. Despite his fear, he was able to slip out of the office and
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