A five-year-old girl was killed after a leopard attacked and dragged her away while she was sleeping outside a cowshed in Pune district's Shirur taluka in the early hours of July 22.

The deceased, Bhagyashree Sandeep Ware, was originally from Karodi village in Ahilyanagar district. Her family had been staying at Pimpalsuti village in Shirur taluka, where they worked as labourers.