India, Feb. 21 -- "I will carry the scars on my face for life; but I will not let the pain dictate it," said Anjali Tak, 23, seated beside her mother Bharati, 48, in the family's one bedroom apartment in Parijat Society, Bhayandar West, her face cross-crossed by silicone bandages.

Anjali is one of the seven people who were severely injured in a leopard attack on December 19, 2025. The big cat walked into the housing society at 7 am, climbed up the first floor of one of the buildings to enter the Tak residence through the rear balcony. Anjali, asleep on a mat on the floor of the bedroom at the time, woke up hearing noises from below. In the blink of an eye, the leopard entered the room to attack her, Bharati and Anjali's 19-year-old siste...