Leopard attacks 42-year-old woman, dies

Bijnor (IANS) | A leopard attacked a 42-year-old woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor district. Due to which he died. The incident is of Kajiwala village of Nagina police station area on Saturday morning. The victim Mathilesh was returning from the field after defecation in the morning, during which the leopard attacked her. Nagina SHO Ravindra Kumar Vashisht said that after Mathilesh raised an alarm, the people of the village reached the spot with sticks. By then the leopard had left the woman’s body mutilated and covered in blood. Local police and forest department officials reached the spot and sent the body for postmortem.

Bijnor Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Anil Kumar said that the woman died due to the leopard attack. Leopard can come again in the village, so the forest staff has reached the spot for patrolling. He said the villagers of the area have been advised to venture out in groups. Earlier in the area, Leopard had made 14-year-old girl Aditi and then 5-year-old Naina its victim.

–IANS