NAINITAL, Feb. 7 -- The movement of leopards and human-leopard conflict in Nainital city and nearby areas has become a cause of concern for the local residents. Leopard sightings have been reported regularly during the late evening in the Charlton Loge area of Mallital in recent days. On Monday late evening, a 17-year-old boy was attacked by a leopard in the Motapani area of Krishnanagar. The boy is reported to have sustained injuries in the leopard attack.
The local forest ranger Pramod Kumar Tiwari said that he came to know about the incident from newspapers, adding that patrolling will be stepped up in the area. The disruption of regular electricity supply in the area enhances conditions for human-leopard conflict. Though the boy surviv...