A teenager girl was killed in a leopard attack in Chandmari area not far away from the Raj Bhawan and CM residence on Thursday afternoon. According to the Dehradun sub divisional officer IA Siddiqui, 13-year old lakshmi Thapa had gone to the woods to collect fodder when she was attacked by a leopard.
The injuries led to her death. "We had already placed cages to trap leopard being sighted in the area at a couple of places in the past. Department staff will patrol the area," he added.
According to the locals, the incident occurred around 3:30 pm. The spotted cat laying in ambush pounced upon the teenager while her companions managed to flee from the site.
As the news of the girl being attacked by the leopard spread in the village, locals went in search of the girl and found her body in the woods.
The police sent the body for post-mortem.