Bijnor: A leopard has attacked an 8-year-old girl. The girl died in the attack. So far, the leopard has attacked more than 30 people. The fear of leopards is constantly troubling people in the district. Villagers are afraid even while going to their fields.
The incident occurred in Malkapur village of Nahtaur area when a leopard dragged Tanya from the road around 8 am, they said. As her mother and other relatives shouted for help, farmers working in nearby fields reached the spot and searched for the girl. The critically injured minor was spotted at some distance and rushed to the community health centre where doctors declared her dead, said Nahtaur station house officer (SHO) Dheeraj Singh.
Meanwhile, villagers managed to scare away the animal, but by then she had sustained severe injuries, Nahtaur Station House Officer (SHO) Dheeraj Singh said. She was taken to a hospital where doctors declared her dead, Singh said, adding that the body has been sent for post-mortem.
Expressing their anger over increasing leopard attacks, villagers demanded security and asked forest officials to place a cage to catch the animals.
Tehsildar Pawan Kumar, naib rehsildar Jitendra Chahal, forest ranger Govind Ram Gangwar and Nahtaur SHO Dheeraj Solanki reached the CHC and assured the family members of the deceased of financial assistance from the government.
It was 27th human killing by leopards in the Bijnor district since February 2023 while over 67 leopards were caged during the said period, said forest officials. Many of these leopards had been released either in the Shivalik range of Saharanpur or sent to Lucknow, Kanpur and Gorakhpur zoos.
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