KAVRE, JUN 12 -
Police gunned down a leopard at Nasikasthan Village Development Committee Ward No. 7 in Kavre district on Friday night. Aided by the locals, a police team shot the maneater dead in Khalchok forest.

The team, led by Assistant Sub-Inspector Krishna Bahadur Karki of the Sanga Police Post, was dispatched to the village as the leopard had attacked and injured Siddhi Bahadur Tamang there.

Seven children have been killed and many others injured in numerous leopard attacks in the village in the past two years. Locals believe that there are two to three leopards in the area, including the one killed.

“The villagers had lodged a complaint at the police post requesting to take the maneaters under control. The team that reached the village following Friday’s attack killed the beast on the border of Khalchok and Ashapuri forests,” said Karki. The leopards have been terrorising villagers in Nasikasthan, Mahendrajyoti and Ryale VDCs.

“The villagers don’t leave their homes after sunset fearing an attack by the beasts. We are living a life of terror here,” said Sainla Tamang. The villagers now heave a sigh of relief that at least one leopard has been killed.

Following repeated incidents of human casualty due to the leopard attack, the chief district officer recently permitted the police to even kill the beasts if they cannot be captured.


Posted on: 2010-06-13 10:12

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