Lakhimpur Kheri (UP), March 25 A seven-year-old girl was killed in a leopard attack in the Sidhauna village within the Dudhwa National Park on Wednesday night, officials said.
The girl, identified as Simran, was reportedly sitting with her family inside their farmhouse in the village when the leopard suddenly appeared and attacked her.
According to the girl's family, the leopard picked her up in its jaws and fled towards nearby fields. The girl's family members and villagers chased the leopard, forcing it to drop the child in a field before escaping into dense sugarcane fields.
The girl died on the spot due to severe injuries, the family said.
Deputy Director of the Dudhwa buffer zone, Kirti Chaudhary, told