Leopard has attacked and grievously injured a 55 year old man Permeshwar Singh under the Satbarwa police station in Palamu today.
The man had a great avulsion to the scalp requiring 47 stitches said the nurse Anima Topno of the Medinirai medical college hospital in Daltonganj where the attacked and injured man by the leopard was rushed to from where after bandaging and medication, injections etc he was rushed to the RIMS Ranchi today itself. Attending doctor of the Medinirai medical college hospital in Daltonganj Jag Mohan said the loss of blood was tremendous and the man was in terrible trauma.
Jag Mohan said the patient told he was attacked and bitten by the leopard on which we have nothing to comment but teeth bite most ferocious and fierce was most evident on the back of his head bulging out the inner parts of the head out.
Kumar Ashish the conservator of forest Palamu said this appears to be the first case of leopard attacking humans in Palamu as till date leopard has taken one human life in Latehar district and 3 human lives in Garhwa district so far.
Ashish said the man told forest personnel that he was out for toilet in the jungle when this attack on him by the leopard came too abruptly.
The place of leopard attack is outside the territory of the tiger reserve Palamu.