Bahraich, Nov. 14 -- A four-year-old girl was reportedly dragged away by a wolf in Bahraich district on Thursday morning, marking the latest in a string of deadly animal attacks that have terrorised the region in recent months.

The incident took place around 10 am in Naya Lodhan Purva hamlet of Godhiya No. 3 village under Kaiserganj tehsil. The missing child, identified as Jhanvi, daughter of Santosh, was playing outside her home when a wolf suddenly emerged from a nearby paddy field, pounced on her, and ran toward the sugarcane fields before anyone could react.

Panic gripped the village as family members and neighbors raised an alarm. Villagers tried to chase the animal, but it disappeared into dense vegetation. "The girl was playing n...