Leopard kills boy sleeping in open in village farm in Amreli district

Leopard kills boy sleeping in open in village farm in Amreli district

Amreli:

A 6 year old boy was killed by a leopard in Vidiya area of Amreli district in Gujarat last night.

A forest official said that a leopard from nearby forests caught Pankaj in his jaws and started running away while he was sleeping with his parents in an open place in a farm in Megha Pipadiya village.

When the parents awoke and saw the beast they started shouting. The leopard left the boy and fled. Pankaj was already dead. His father Badansinh and mother are farm labourers and had come here from Madhya Pradesh, he said.

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