Kodinar: It is often said that a parent can go to any extent to save their child, and this saying proved true when a man fought a lioness in Gir to rescue his daughter.

The incident took place in Alidar village in the Gir region, where a five-year-old girl was with her father, a farmer when a lioness attacked her. In a desperate attempt to save his daughter, the father punched the lioness and managed to rescue her. The girl sustained injuries in the attack and was initially taken to a community health center in Kodinar. Later, she was referred to a private hospital in Kodinar for further treatment. DeshGujarat