Bardiya, Oct. 17 -- Bhadu Tharu, 46, from ward 11 of Barbardiya Municipality, was injured on Tuesday when a leopard attacked him while he was harvesting paddy in his field. He suffered head injuries in the incident.

Last Saturday, 40-year-old Kiran Lodh of Ratnapur in ward 10 of Gulariya Municipality was also injured when a leopard attacked her during paddy harvesting. A day earlier, 45-year-old Juna Chaudhary of ward 10 of Barbardiya Municipality was hurt in a similar attack.

Leopard attacks on people and livestock have become frequent in and around Gulariya of late. According to the Division Forest Office, two women have been killed in separate incidents this fiscal year (since mid-July) so far. Last year, leopards had killed two girl...