A 12-year-old boy showed excellent presence of mind as he trapped a leopard in a room after it had strayed into an office in Malegon, Maharashtra.

CCTV footage captured on March 5 shows the boy playing on his phone when the wild leopard wandered into the room at the Sai Celebration Wedding Hall.

After noticing the leopard, the 12-year-old named Mohit Ahire calmly exited the room and closed the door behind him, trapping the leopard.

Forest officials later arrived at the scene and tranquillised the 5-year-old leopard before releasing it back into the wild.

A 12-year-old boy showed excellent presence of mind to trap a leopard after it had strayed into an office space in western India's Maharashtra.

This incident took place at the Sai Celebration Wedding Hall in Malegaon, Nashik district on March 5.

CCTV footage captured the chilling moment when the leopard entered the space with the boy sitting perilously close by. The child was playing games on a mobile phone while seated on a sofa beside the entrance to the room when the leopard silently walked in.

Under such circumstances, one is expected to lose their composure and shriek for help. But not this boy. Instead of panicking and freaking out, he calmly and quickly got down the sofa and walked out of the room while closing the door behind him, ensuring that the leopard was trapped inside. The door wasn't properly shut though as he made his way out of the room with the leopard still inside.

According to a report, the boy named Mohit Ahire was sitting next to the door of the wedding hall's booking office and managed to escape in time before being noticed by the leopard. The wild animal was seen earlier that morning in a residential area and forest officials were already on the lookout for it. The forest department officials later reached the spot and tranquilised the five-year-old leopard before capturing it.