BHOPAL: A leopard has killed a 5-year-old girl at Nasrullaganj, in Sehore district. The leopard had taken away the girl from the courtyard of her residence in Donglapani village, beneath Nasrunllaganj police station. The forest division will spend Rs 4 lakh to the bereaved family members.
The girl was playing with her brothers in the courtyard when the leopard pounced on her and took her to the nearby forest region. Villagers chased the animal and raised an alarm. The leopard abandoned it prey and disappeared. The girl died on the way to hospital. Forest division officials, as effectively as the police, have been informed about the incident.
A forest division group also reached the spot and assured the bereaved family members of Rs 4 lakh compensation. The villagers protest against the forest division for their “negligence”. The villagers had been regularly complaining with regards to the animal’s forays into the surrounding villages, but the forest division did not appear to have paid any heed in spite of it. The villagers are in a state of panic.
Villagers had complained
“When the leopard attacked, the girl was playing with her brothers. Her parents were away. The leopard took her to the forest area. The villagers raised an alarm, but, when they chased the animal into the forest, there were two more leopards there. The villagers chased away the leopards and they ran away leaving the girl. Her family members rushed her to hospital, but she died on the way. The forest department will give the family Rs4 lakh in compensation according to the rules. The villagers said they had informed the forest department officials many a time about the leopards’ forays into the surrounding villages, but nothing has been done so far in this regard,” mentioned Hempal Singh Singhai, police station incharge