Dramatic video shows leopard jumping out of house at rescuers in India

Local residents called experts after they saw the big cat enter a building

Footage has emerged showing the moment a leopard jumped out of a house in India as officials tried to catch it.

Local residents called experts after they saw the big cat enter a building, which is currently under construction, in Madhya Pradesh.

It then moved to another residence, where it stayed for almost three hours before officials arrived.

"The leopard, around eight years old, had come from a forested area near here and caused panic among local residents,” Uttam Yadav, in charge of the civic-run Kamla Nehru Zoo told NDTV.

“It injured two forest staffers and one employee of the Indore Municipal Corporation while efforts were on to capture it.”

The leopard was caught after being struck by tranquilliser darts and three people were injured in the process.

After the animal was hit with the first dart it fell to the ground and as an official went to check on it, the leopard lashed out and pounced.

A second dart was used to ensure it was unconscious and could safely been taken out of the residential area.

It has now been placed in a steel cage and will undergo medical tests before being released into the wild.