13-Year-Old Boy Killed By Leopard In Uttarakhand's Tehri

Arnav Chand was returning home after playing with his friends when the leopard attacked him and dragged him to a nearby forest, he said.

A 13-year-old boy was mauled to death by a leopard in Uttarakhand's Tehri district, a forest officer said on Monday.

The incident happened on Sunday at around 6 pm in the Ghansali area, range officer Pradeep Chauhan said.

Arnav Chand was returning home after playing with his friends when the leopard attacked him and dragged him to a nearby forest, he said.

The road that the boy had taken is lined on either side with thick bushes behind which the leopard might have been hiding, he said.