It was a cat

The animal captured on camera in Rashtrapathi Bhavan during the swearing in ceremony of the central cabinet is a common house cat. Please don’t adhere to such frivolous rumours,” the Delhi Police said in a post on X.

Speculations swirled on social media, with some claiming that it was a leopard.

An animal present near the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan, one of the most secured complexes in India, that too during the oath-taking ceremony led to the conjectures.

The news agency quoted a Delhi Police official and said there are only dogs and ‘domestic’ cats inside the complex.

Quoting an official from the Forest Department, PTI reported that, there are no prior reports of any leopard seen in the presidential estate.