Pilibhit: Panic gripped the villagers of Santoshpura in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit after a leopard attacked and injured two persons, officials said. A forest department team reached the spot and is currently monitoring the situation. The leopard first attacked a farmer and when villagers tried to chase it away, it attacked another farmer.
A 40-year-old farmer, Dorilal was attacked by the leopard while he was working on the sugarcane field. Dorilal was digging the field when the leopard came out from the bushes and attacked him from behind. Dorilal fell on the ground and started calling out for help. His daughter, Gomti, who accompanied him to the field every morning, was working some distance away. She heard her father's screams and rushed towards him. Displaying an exceptional courage, she chased away the leopard with a stick, forest department sources said.
