This Article is From Feb 05, 2021

Leopard Which Killed 3 Women In Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh Shot Dead: Official

A leopard, which had killed three women in Uttarakhand's Devalthal area, has been shot dead by a professional hunter hired by the forest department, an official said on Friday.

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A leopard, which had killed three women in Uttarakhand's Devalthal area, has been shot dead.

Pithoragarh:

A leopard, which had killed three women in Uttarakhand's Devalthal area, has been shot dead by a professional hunter hired by the forest department, an official said on Friday.

The seven-year-old leopard was killed by Nainital-based hunter Harish Dhami on Thursday night, Divisional Forest Officer, Pithoragarh, Vinay Bhargava, said here.

The leopard had killed three women and injured two persons in different villages of the Pithoragarh forest division's Didihat range recently, causing panic among residents who were demanding its elimination, he said.

(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

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