Bahraich: An eight-year-old girl was killed after a leopard a attacked her in Dhobiyanpur village, officials said on Tuesday.
The incident took place near the Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary on Monday night when the girl was outside her house and the leopard attacked her, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) G P Singh said.
The leopard, who had caught the girl, was trying to take her to the forest area, following which villagers came out and started shouting. The leopard then left the girl and ran inside the forest, he said. The girl died on the spot and her body was sent for postmortem.