The Hindu Bureau
A pupil was killed in a leopard assault at Kebehundi village in T. Narsipur taluk of Mysuru district on Thursday.
The sufferer, Meghana, 21, was pursuing her diploma course within the Authorities First Grade School in T. Narsipur. The incident occurred round 7 p.m. when Meghana ventured out of her home in the direction of the agricultural farm. She was dragged for about 200 meters by the leopard which left her and disappeared within the thickets.
Her relations and native villagers who have been alerted by Meghana’s screams rushed to the spot and noticed her grievously injured. Meghana was taken to the native authorities hospital the place she succumbed to her accidents. That is the second such incident within the taluk; a pupil of Maharaja’s School in Mysuru was killed underneath related circumstances by a leopard in October.
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