Tigers devour 3, villagers kill 2 leopards

DEHRADUN/BAHRAICH: Three people, including an 11-year-old girl, were mauled to death by big cats while two leopards were killed by villagers in separate incidents in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh, forest officials said on Sunday.

A tiger killed a 45-year-old man in Sunderkhal village near the Corbett Tiger Reserve in Uttarakhand where a girl was devoured by a leopard in Ron village in Almora district. Both these incidents happened on Saturday in the hill state, the forest officials said. An eight-year-old leopard was also found dead in a stream near Kimari-Bhirtali road in Uttarakhand on Saturday, they said.

In Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district, a woman, aged 25, was killed by a tiger in Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary. The wild cat, who was dragging the woman towards the forest, fled leaving the body when villagers working infields raised an alaram.