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Seven-Year-Old Girl Killed in Leopard Attack in Uttar Pradesh Lakhimpur Kheri
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News18•13-10-2026, 12:15
Seven-Year-Old Girl Killed in Leopard Attack in Uttar Pradesh Lakhimpur Kheri
- •A seven-year-old girl named Saniya was dragged away by a leopard from outside her house in Bojhiya village.
- •The incident occurred on Monday evening under the Padhuva police station area in the Dudhwa buffer zone.
- •Villagers and police launched an immediate search operation, but it had to be suspended due to darkness.
- •The mutilated body of the girl was later recovered from a sugarcane field on Tuesday morning.
- •Forest officials have confirmed the leopard attack and announced intensified patrolling while urging villagers to stay alert.
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A seven-year-old girl named Saniya was attacked and dragged away by a leopard while playing outside her house in Bojhiya village. Her mutilated body was subsequently discovered the following morning in a sugarcane field.
The incident occurred in Bojhiya village under the Padhuva police station area, which falls within the Dhaurahra forest range of the Dudhwa buffer zone in Lakhimpur Kheri.
Following the attack, local police and station officers launched a search operation that was temporarily halted due to darkness, while forest officials confirmed plans to intensify patrolling and combing operations while urging villagers to stay alert.