Boy, 5, Taken Away By Wild Animal In Shimla On Diwali Day, Search On: Official
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This is the second such incident in three months in Shimla. In August, a five-year-old girl was taken away from Kanlog locality and mauled to death by a leopard.
A five-year-old boy was taken away by a wild animal in Himachal Pradesh's Shimla while he was playing with his younger brother on the eve of Diwali, a forest official said on Friday.
This is the second such incident in three months in Shimla. In August, a five-year-old girl was taken away from Kanlog locality and mauled to death by a leopard.
Around 8 pm on Thursday, the boy was playing with his younger brother near his house in Old Bus Stand area when the wild animal took him away, police official Ravi Shankar said, adding that it is not yet clear which animal it was.
The boy's younger brother informed their family that he was taken away by a wild animal. The Rapid Rescue Team (RRT) of the Forest Department received a call around 11 pm after the family members informed the local police about the incident, he said.
