Eight-year-old girl mauled to death by leopard in Bijnor
![On Friday night, the leopard attacked a calf and goat at Cerikonda near Mudwin and Gangumalla thanda near Kadthal reserve forest. On Friday night, the leopard attacked a calf and goat at Cerikonda near Mudwin and Gangumalla thanda near Kadthal reserve forest.](https://images.deccanchronicle.com/dc-Cover-tv4ps0lb2ceb08vlvgr2n0u0g0-20190324031305.Medi.jpeg)
An eight-year-old girl was mauled to death by a leopard in a forest area at Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh (File Photo)
Bijnor (UP): An eight-year-old girl was mauled to death by a leopard in a forest area here, an official said on Sunday. Naib Tehsildar of Dhampur Vivek Tiwari on Sunday said Sunita of Mandori village had gone to the forest with her eight-year-old daughter Divyanshi to cut grass along with other women on Saturday evening.
Divyanshi was playing when a leopard attacked her. The other women raised a hue and cry that frightened the animal and it fled, leaving the girl injured, Tiwari said. The girl was taken to a community health centre where doctors declared her dead, the official said.
( Source : PTI )
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