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Jammu Kashmir Leopard Killing: A leopard has killed three children in Jammu and Kashmir, after which the administration has issued an order to kill it. For this, hunters have also been deployed in the forest.
Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir (Jammu Kashmir BaramullaA leopard has claimed the lives of three children in the last few days in Uri area, following which the administration on Tuesday issued instructions to mobilize all available resources to catch or eliminate it. An official has given this information. He said that leopards in the Kalsan Ghati and Boniyar areas of Uri in North Kashmir district.Leopard Killing ChildrenThere have been three incidents of children being killed by
According to an official spokesperson, reacting swiftly to ensure the safety of lives of the people, Baramulla Deputy Commissioner (DC) Syed Sehrish Asghar on Tuesday directed the officials to mobilize all available resources to capture or eliminate the leopard. Leopard has eaten half the carcass of a 12-year-old girl from Barnate village. Who has been identified as Rutba Manzoor. His body was recovered from a nearby forest on Tuesday. Local residents say that the girl was dragged away by a leopard in the morning.
Leopard ate girl’s body
Riyaz Ahmed, who lives in the village, said, ‘We heard the sound of shouting and headed towards the forest. We did not find the leopard but found its dead body in the forest. This is the third such incident in the last one week, due to which there has been a demonstration on the Srinagar-Uri highway. Relatives of the deceased girl have protested against the forest department by keeping her dead body. He says that the department has allegedly failed to prevent such incidents. Apart from arranging cages, hunters have been deployed in the area to kill the leopard.
It has been claimed about the leopard roaming in the villages of Uri that it has also killed two more people in Boniyar and Cholan areas. The dead body of Shahid Ahmed was recovered from the forests of Trikanjan for 13 years on Sunday night. Officials said that Ahmed had gone to the forest with his cattle, where the leopard made him its prey. According to officials, a day before this, 15-year-old Munir Ahmed, a resident of the same area, was killed by the animal. Rizwan Ahmed was a resident of Trikanjan. There is panic among the villagers due to his death. People also suspect that there is more than one leopard because such incidents are happening in different areas and forests.
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