<p class="title">A farmer in Patla village in Gujarat's Amreli district was greeted with a strange, albeit apprehensive, a sight of a lion relaxing on a heap of groundnuts stored in a room in his house.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A video of the lion sprawled on the groundnut heap went viral on social media. The incident took place in Tulsishyam range of the Gir (east) division Sunday night.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Forest officials said Patla village is located on the edge of the Gir forest, the only abode of the Asiatic lions.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The lion sneaked inside farmer Jilubhai Vala's house Sunday night from nearby Gir forest and on the way had also killed a buffalo calf, belonging to the farmer, around 10 pm, a forest official said. "We had received call from Vala at around 10 pm Sunday saying that a lion had entered a room of his house. After a 2-hour operation, we managed to get the lion to leave and make its way to the forest safely," Tulsishyam RFO P R Patel said Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It is not unusual for lions to enter villages like Patla, as Gir forest is only a few kilometres away. These big cats enter villages regularly looking for prey," Patel said.</p>
<p class="title">A farmer in Patla village in Gujarat's Amreli district was greeted with a strange, albeit apprehensive, a sight of a lion relaxing on a heap of groundnuts stored in a room in his house.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A video of the lion sprawled on the groundnut heap went viral on social media. The incident took place in Tulsishyam range of the Gir (east) division Sunday night.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Forest officials said Patla village is located on the edge of the Gir forest, the only abode of the Asiatic lions.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The lion sneaked inside farmer Jilubhai Vala's house Sunday night from nearby Gir forest and on the way had also killed a buffalo calf, belonging to the farmer, around 10 pm, a forest official said. "We had received call from Vala at around 10 pm Sunday saying that a lion had entered a room of his house. After a 2-hour operation, we managed to get the lion to leave and make its way to the forest safely," Tulsishyam RFO P R Patel said Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It is not unusual for lions to enter villages like Patla, as Gir forest is only a few kilometres away. These big cats enter villages regularly looking for prey," Patel said.</p>