Lioness kills 15-year-old boy in Gujarat's Amreli
India Today
The incident occurred at Vavdi village in Gujarat's Amreli district on Tuesday evening
A 15-year-old boy was mauled to death by a lioness at Vavdi village in Gujarat's Amreli district on Tuesday evening, said an official from the forest department.
The deceased, identified as Rahul Meswaniya, was attacked by a lioness when he was passing through an isolated patch of a road on the outskirts of the village, said Range Forest Officer Yograjsinh Rathod.
The parents of the deceased work as farm labourers. The family hailed from Madhya Pradesh, said Rathod.The forest officer said cages are being set up to trap the lioness and the area is being scanned by forest department personnel.Gujarat, the only abode of the Asiatic lions, has seen a 29% increase in their population to 674 in 2020 compared to 523 in 2015.
