The animal fled after around 12 villagers rushed to the spot with sticks in response to the mother’s screams, but the child succumbed to her injuries on the way to the hospital. Bahraich : A six-year-old girl was snatched from her mother’s lap by a leopard and fatally mauled in a sugarcane field in Bahraich’s Bhuda Baragadaha village on Thursday evening.
Hearing her daughter’s screams, the woman raised an alarm, prompting around 12 villagers to rush to the spot with sticks. On Sept 24, a woman was reportedly killed by a leopard in the area. The incident took place in the Katarniaghat Wildlife Division area under Sujauli police station limits. The victim was sitting in her mother’s lap outside their house when the leopard suddenly emerged from a sugarcane field near the Saryu canal and attacked her. The animal grabbed the child by the neck and dragged her into the field. The leopard fled, leaving the child behind. However, she had sustained severe neck injuries, with the attack reportedly severing a major blood vessel. The latest attack comes after the recent fatal leopard attack in the Sujauli police station area. The animal was found sitting near her body after the attack and fled only when her screams alerted villagers, who rushed to the spot carrying sticks. Deep claw marks and bite injuries were reportedly found on her neck and shoulders.
Her father works as a daily-wage labourer. The family also includes her two younger brothers.