Rajkot: An eight-year-old boy was killed by a leopard in Visavadar range of Junagadh district on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Vipul Muchala, son of a shepherd and resident of Barvania Ness in the forest area near Visavadar.
The incident took place when the boy took his buffaloes for grazing along with his father on Thursday morning. While the animals were grazing the leopard attacked the boy from behind. The boy’s father tried to save him by pelting stones at the leopard. A couple of buffaloes also attacked it.
The leopard left the boy and fled to the forest. But by that time it had injured the boy fatally and he died before reaching hospital. Forest officials have laid a trap to capture the leopard. tnn