Bahraich, Sept. 21 -- A three-year-old boy was dragged away by a wild animal in Gangojhala village of Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district on Saturday, officials said. Despite efforts by locals to save him, the child could not be traced, prompting a massive search operation by the forest department.

Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Ram Singh Yadav told ANI, "Around 10 am, we received information from Gangojhala village. A woman in a house on the outskirts of the village reported that an animal had taken away her 3-year-old son. Locals said they tried to rescue the child, but were unsuccessful, and the animal managed to carry him away."

He said that drones have been deployed to scan the nearby sugarcane fields. "Our entire team is now search...