Mom snatches boy from leopard’s jaws in Gujarat

VADODARA: A two-year-old boy was attacked by a leopard in Ghoghamba taluka of Panchmahal early on Sunday morning.
According to forest officials, Ganesh Bhupendra was sleeping in the front room of their house in Dharamkhetar village with his mother. His father stays in the farm to ward off crop damage by nilgais. As it was hot, Ganesh’s mother had kept the door of their house slightly ajar, which made it easy for the leopard to enter the room.
The leopard caught hold of the boy’s head in his jaws which made a startled Ganesh burst out crying.
Hearing her son’s cries, the mother woke up and pulled the boy by his legs. Forest officials said that as the leopard may not have had a proper grip of the boy’s head, it loosened its hold and fled to a nearby maize farm. Hearing her cries, neighbours too rushed in for help.
“The boy has received stitches above his right eye and injury on his head. He is being treated at SSG Hospital in Vadodara,” said in-charge range forest officer V G Makwana.
On July 29 too, leopard had attacked a 13-year-old boy in Chatha village.