Bijnor, July 24 -- In a heart-wrenching incident, an 11-year-old girl was killed by a leopard in Bijnor district.
Her body was discovered in a sugarcane field approximately 500 meters from her home on Thursday morning.
The victim, Kanika, was the eldest of four children of Ravi Kumar, a daily wage labourer from Mandori village, which borders the Dhampur forest area under the Nahtaur police station limits. Kanika was a Class 6 student at the village's primary school.
On Wednesday evening around 7:30 PM, Kanika stepped out to a nearby field in front of her house to relieve herself. When she did not return after a long time, her family and fellow villagers began searching for her. The forest department was also informed and joined the over...