A 7-year-old boy was bitten by a leopard in Junagadh's Datrana village

Junagadh: A very sad incident of leopard attack has come to light in Datrana village of Mendarda taluka. A seven-year-old child of a labourer family from Madhya Pradesh, who was working as a labourer in the Wadi area, was picked up by a leopard. The body of the child was found during the search. Not only this, during the search for the body of the child, the leopard also attacked two pedestrians and injured them. Following the incident, the forest department has set up eight cages to catch the leopard

leopard attack has created panic in the entire area

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leopard also attacked and injured two pedestrians

During the search for the body of the child, the leopard also attacked two pedestrians and injured them. Both the injured have been shifted to the hospital for treatment. According to the village sarpanch and locals, the leopard menace has increased in the area. The movement of farmers and labourers at night in the agricultural area is also troubling. Farmers are being forced to go in crowds and carrying torches in their hands for cultivation of crops, including pigeon

Following the incident, the forest department has launched a massive operation to capture the leopard. Staff including forest department personnel from Dedakadi, Devdia, Malia, Sasan and Visavadar ranges have been deployed at the spot. The area has been closely monitored with the help of veterinary doctors. As many as eight cages have been set up at different places to capture the leopard. However, the leopard was not caught on the first night. The forest department is continuously working to capture the leopard by setting up cages