An 8-year-old girl's mutilated body was found in a village under Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary after she was allegedly dragged by a leopard from her house here, police said on Wednesday.
The samples were sent to the Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology in Hyderabad to determine if it is the man-eater that had killed the 12-year-old boy on April 16.
Updated Mar 10, 2021 | 09:06 IST
The 10-year-old Bijnor boy was engaged with his family in harvesting mustard field when he was taken away by a leopard hiding in a sugarcane field in Aliyarpur village in Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh. The boy was immediately rushed to a hospital but was declared brought dead. | Photo Credit: iStock Images
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The boy was working alongside his father in the mustard field when the leopard secretly attacked him.
The boy was immediately rushed to a hospital but was declared brought dead.
Bijnor: In a tragic incident, a leopard took away a 10-year-old child working in a field and killing him. The boy later succumbed to his injuries. The victim has been identified as Nitesh.