Entry, hesitation, 360-degree scan of new environs: Cheetah's first moments on Indian soil

​​The moments were captured by TV cameras and also by prime minister Narendra Modi who clicked pictures with his DSLR camera from the high dais above the cage from which the cheetah had emerged into a special quarantine enclosure. At around 11.30 am, Modi operated a lever to release three of eight cheetahs brought to India from Namibia.