India, Jan. 27 -- A woman sustained injuries after she tried to stop a leopard from hurting her pet dogs outside her house in Assam's Tinsukia district early on Monday, forest officials said, citing her statement.

Officials said the incident took place in the Rongagora Path area of Tinsukia.

The woman, identified as Dipti Das, said she woke up at about around 5am after her dogs started barking.

"When I came out, I saw the leopard trying to ambush my dogs. I immediately confronted the leopard and it attacked me," Dipti said.

Das said she sustained bite injuries on her body including hand and neck.

"It was not a full grown leopard. It was a little larger than a dog, so I managed to fight without any weapon, otherwise, I would have died...