7-year-old boy killed in leopard attack in Pune districtThe child’s parents, who hail from Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district, had moved to Shirur tehsil to work in a jaggery production unit, the official said.
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Pune: A seven-year-old boy was killed in a leopard attack in Shirur taluka of Pune district, an official said on Sunday.
The incident occurred on Friday in Mandavgan Pharata village when Vansh Rajkumar Singh was near a sugarcane field.
The child’s parents, who hail from Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district, had moved to Shirur tehsil to work in a jaggery production unit, the official said.
“On Friday night, Vansh left the house after his parents got into a fight. He walked towards a sugarcane field where a leopard fatally attacked him. The factory manager informed the police about the attack,” said the forest official.