NAMRUP:A section of people in a remote hamlet in Namrup killed a leopard hours after it killed a lady and hurt 3 others in a series of attack on Friday morning. Not only that after lynching, the villagers cut the animal into pieces in full view of the forest officials. Then they claimed to have consumed it triggering widespread anger among the animal lovers.
These disturbing incidents took place in Majkopihuwa goan and Asomiya Gaon where the local villagers in large number chased the leopard after it killed Maikon Gogoi and injuring three others in s series of attacks in the morning.
The animal then was beaten up to death. A section of them cut it into pieces to vanished. Some of them later claimed to have consumer it which needs to be probed.
PermalinkSubmitted by Ashraf on Fri, 01/12/2017 - 19:47
The reason why the leopard attacked people is not mentioned. A leopard won't just go on an attack spree. I would assume that these would have been either chance encounters or the leopard retaliating when provoked
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hit by temperature of 39 degree Celsius on Wednesday. The death toll
due to the heatwave went up to 3 in the city on Wednesday.
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heatstroke in Digboi on Thursday. A street dweller was killed in the
heat on Wednesday. The body was found under the Ulubari flyover. Apart
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under the impact of the heat-wave. The Kamrup (Metro) district
administration has instructed schools across Guwahati to remain shut
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