Woman killed by leopard in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur

Sayatrabai Shriram Thengari (65) of Chichgaon (Dorli) was returning home from her farm when the leopard attacked and killer her, said N R Pravin, Chief Conservator of Forests.

A 65-year-old woman was killed by a leopard in North Brahmapuri forest division in Chandrapur, the 30 death in the district this year due to big cats, 23 of which were caused by tigers, an official said on Monday.

This year, leopards have killed six people in the district, while 23 were fatalities in tiger attacks and one person was killed by a wild boar. (Satish Bate/HT file photo. Representative image)

Sayatrabai Shriram Thengari (65) of Chichgaon (Dorli) was returning home from her farm when the leopard attacked and killer her, said N R Pravin, Chief Conservator of Forests.

This year, leopards have killed six people in the district, while 23 were fatalities in tiger attacks and one person was killed by a wild boar.