Resident Medical Officer Dr Ketan Naik said, “The household members had mentioned the property of Shyamben arsenic 112 years; so, we person noted that down.
An aged woman, said to beryllium astir 112 years old, was allegedly attacked by a leopard portion she was sleeping successful an unfastened country successful her orchard successful a colony successful Surat territory connected Sunday, officials said. The woman, who sustained injuries connected her neck, look and different assemblage parts, is undergoing attraction astatine the New Civil Hospital wherever her information is reported to beryllium “normal”.
Forest section officials said the incidental took spot successful a chiku orchard successful Kathodara colony successful Kamrej taluka of Surat district.
Early connected Sunday morning, Shyamben Devipujak was sleeping connected a cot wrong a makeshift structure successful the orchard erstwhile the leopard attacked her, according to her household members.
On proceeding her cries for help, her grandson Laxman and different household members arrived astatine the spot and saw humor oozing from her caput and hands. They claimed to person recovered leopard pugmarks connected the ground. The household rushed Shyamben to the infirmary wherever doctors operated upon her.
Resident Medical Officer Dr Ketan Naik said, “The household members had mentioned the property of Shyamben arsenic 112 years; so, we person noted that down. Her information is reported to beryllium stable. She had incurred heavy injuries connected her caput and hands.”
On Monday, the wood section officials installed a cage successful the orchard wherever the leopard’s pugmarks were spotted.
A wood authoritative said, “The orchard is surrounded by a lasting harvest of sugarcane, which is the safest spot for leopards to hide. We anticipation that the leopard volition beryllium caught successful the adjacent mates of days. We person besides asked the household to instrumentality precautions portion staying successful the orchard during the nighttime hours.”
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