The body of a 55-year-old man reportedly mauled by a leopard, was found at Attabettu, forest officials said today
The body of a 55-year-old man reportedly mauled by a leopard, was found at Attabettu, forest officials said today.
This is the second such incident in Nilgiris district after a woman was mauled allegedly by the animal in Solada village on January 4.
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Relatives, who went in search of the man who had gone to collect wood in the area last evening, found the half-eaten body around 1.30 am, forest department sources said.
Police said though four cages were kept to trap the leopard, the animal avoided them
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