A day after a leopard attacked two workers in Ellaikuttai village in Talavadi taluk, the forest department placed two cages on Friday to capture it.
On Thursday, the leopard attacked Sivaraj (30) of Sitharaj (30), both workers from Chamarajanagar, while they were cutting sugar cane.
They escaped after frightening the animal using a sickle. On Friday, officials placed camera traps too to track the movement of leopard. Officials have asked the people in the area not to venture out of their house during night hours.