Tanahun, Nov. 14 -- The local people in Bhanu Municipality of Tanahun district are relieved, to some extent, after a third leopard fell into a snare set up by forest officials in a local forest.

A female leopard fell into the wooden trap installed at Bhimsenthumki Community Forest on Monday night. Forest officials and locals believe that the leopard could be the one behind the deaths of six children at wards No 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the municipality.

"The leopard might have fallen into the trap on Monday night. The National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC) has been deployed in the area to control leopards," said Kedra Baral, chief of Division Forest Office in Tanahun. According to him, the trapped leopard was safely released into Chitwan...