A 5 -year old child dies after picked up and dragged by a lion

Amreli: A 5-year old girl died after a wild lion dragged her for 0.5 kms in Kadaya village of Bagsara in Amreli district.

The 5-year old girl named Nikita was playing beside a water tank in a farm on Monday evening when a lion arrived, lifted her and started running. The girl’s father Sukrambhai, a labourer, ran after the lion to rescue her. He managed to release the girl from the lion’s mouth but she could not survive.

A large number of locals gathered at the spot. Forest department Amreli division DCF Priyanka Gehlot and other officials reached there. The forest department captured the lion inside a cage late at night after the demand was raised by the locals for it.