Four injured in leopard attacks

Vadodara: Four persons were injured in a leopard attack at their home on Saturday midnight. With this fresh attack, the number of people injured in leopard attacks reached nine within just three days in Dahod district.
Forest officials said that the leopard first entered the house of Bodiben Sangodiya at around 11pm at Khajuri village and attacked the woman. An hour later, the cat attacked two brothers identified Rajesh Ninama and Mithun Ninama and around 1.40am it attacked another man in Zabu village, Sukhiya Ninama. All the victims are recuperating at Zydus Hospital in Dahod town.
“The woman and one of the two siblings have been injured the most. The woman was bitten on her face and behind her ears while the two other victims were bitten on their hands,” said M K Parmar, range forest officer of Vansiya Dungri range. After Saturday midnight’s incidents, forest department has placed three cages in Vansiya Dungri and Dhanpur ranges.
On Thursday and Friday too, five people in Dhanpur taluka were attacked. “It could be the same leopard as the manner of attack in all the cases is same and the two ranges are at close proximity,” said Rajesh Purohit, range forest officer of Dhanpur range.