Vadodara: A 48-year-old woman was injured when a leopard attacked her at Dahod district’s Dhanpur taluka on Saturday late night.
The woman, identified as Jamuna Pasaya, was sleeping outside her house at Dumka village when the leopard attacked her. Pasaya shouted for help hearing which her son who was studying inside the house, rushed out with a wooden stick. The woman’s son hurled the wooden stick at the leopard after which it escaped in the bushes nearby.
Injured Pasaya was taken to a hospital in Dhanpur. She was later discharged from the hospital after treatment and forest officials were informed about the attack. Officials said that the animal may have confused the woman with an animal and attacked her. “The woman’s injuries are minor as the leopard had hit her with its paws,” the official said.