6-Year-Old UP Boy Mauled To Death By Leopard: Police

Arun, the boy, had gone to a field behind his house when a leopard caught him in its jaws and fled.

A six-year-old boy was mauled to death by a leopard in Lal Nagar Sipahiya village of Suhelwa forest area of Balrampur district, a forest department official said on Sunday. The Balrampur District Magistrate has ordered the forest department to catch the leopard.

Arun, the boy, had gone to a field behind his house when a leopard caught him in its jaws and fled. Hearing him screaming for help, villagers tried to chase down the animal but it disappeared in the sugarcane field, forest officials said.

A few hours later, the villagers found Arun's body in the field. His left hand was dismembered.