Leopard kills toddler in Almora

Almora: A leopard killed a one-and-a-half-year-old boy in Udal village of Almora forest range on Monday evening. According to the forest officials, the body of the boy has been recovered and postmortem is being done. Villagers told that the boy, identified as Harshit, was playing in the courtyard of his house when the leopard ambushed him and dragged him towards the forest.His mother ran after the leopard but was not able to save the child. Later, the villagers found the body of the child nearly 200 meters away from the house. “The body of the child has been recovered and a Panchnama (record of observation by five people) has been filled. According to the procedure, a compensation will be given to the bereaved family,” Sanchita Verma, range officer of Almora Forest Division, told TOI.