A heartbreaking incident has come to light from Bijnor district of Uttar Pradesh on Monday. The 18 -month -old innocent died in a leopard attack while playing in the forest. This incident is from Koharpur village, which comes in Bijnor Sadar area.
According to the report, the deceased child’s name was Mayank, who was playing near the house with his 5 -year -old elder brother Harshit. Both innocent went towards the forest, about half a kilometer away while playing. During this time, suddenly a leopard came out of the bushes and pounced on Mayank and grabbed it from the neck.
The people of the village, who were working in the nearby fields, ran towards the scene after hearing the screams of the children, but by then the leopard had killed the child and then ran towards the forest. The child’s parents Rajkumar and Kiran were working in the fields at that time, while the children were with their grandmother at home. There was chaos in the family as soon as the news of the accident was received.
Sub Divisional Officer (SDO) Gyan Singh of the Forest Department said that a cage is being installed in the area to catch the leopard. At the same time, the local people have been advised to be vigilant and not to send the children alone towards the forest.
Local police officer Uday Pratap said that the body of the child has been sent for postmortem and further action will be taken on the basis of the report. There is a lot of panic in the villagers about this incident.