Lioness that killed a boy in Rajula caged

Amreli: A 15-year old boy died after a lioness grabbed him in the night in Vavdi village in Rajula taluka of Amreli.

A family of migrant farm-labourers was sleeping in the farm last night in Vavdi, Rajula. A lioness reached there along with four cubs searching for prey. The lioness forcibly grabbed a 15-year old boy Rahul Sumarsing Masniya. The lioness attacked his family when they tried to rescue him.

The family then informed the forest department. Rajula range RFO Yograj Sinh, trackers, police and SRP jawans arrived there. They arranged a JCB machine and managed to release the dead body of the 15-year old boy from the lioness after half an hour efforts. The dead body was sent for post mortem. The forest department staffers then undertook the operation of caging the lioness and managed to cage the lioness with four cubs in the early morning. DeshGujarat