SRINAGAR: In a tragic incident, a seven-year-old boy was mauled to death by a leopard in Nesbal area of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Tuesday.
Quoting an official, KNO reported that the minor had gone missing on Monday evening following which a massive search operation was launched by Police, 13RR, CRPF, and locals to trace him
Officials said, bloodstains and clothes of the boy were found in a nearby field, leading them to suspect that a leopard, which had been sighted often in the area, had attacked the boy.
“After a search of over 10 hours, the boy’s mutilated body was found in a nearby hillock in Nesbal in the early morning on Tuesday,” they said.
The deceased has been identified as Zaid Bashir s/o Bashir Ahmad of Nesbal. After legal medical formalities the body was handed over to his family members for last rites—(KNO)
