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Forest section squad astatine the spot wherever the leopard onslaught took spot successful Junnar.
A nine-year-old lad was killed successful a leopard onslaught successful the Junnar taluka of Pune territory successful the aboriginal hours of Wednesday. Since March this year, this was the sixth decease successful human-leopard conflicts successful the Junnar wood division. The constabulary identified the unfortunate arsenic Rupesh Tanaji Jadhav, whose begetter is simply a ceramic kiln worker.
Local constabulary officers and wood section teams reached the Tejewadi colony successful Junnar taluka, astir 95 kilometres from Pune city. “Initial accusation suggests that the incidental occurred astir 4.30 americium erstwhile the lad had gotten up to be nature’s call. A leopard abruptly appeared from the heavy sugarcane field, attacked the boy, and dragged him into the forest. The lad was aboriginal recovered dead,” said an serviceman from the Pune Rural police.
“Forest section and constabulary teams, including elder officers, person reached the spot and are assessing the situation. Patrolling by the wood section has been stepped up,” the serviceman added. Deputy Conservator of Forest (Junnar division) Amol Satpute confirmed the incident.
In June, Pune District Collector Suhas Diwase notified implicit 230 villages from 4 talukas of Pune territory — Junnar, Ambegaon, Shirur and Khed — arsenic prone to catastrophe owed to repeated incidents of human-leopard conflicts successful which aggregate deaths and respective superior injuries were reported.
In the past week of August, a 55-year-old pistillate was killed and a 60-year-old husbandman was injured successful 2 abstracted attacks by leopards successful Shirur taluka, which falls nether Junnar wood division.
On April 11, a one-and-a-half-year-old girl, Sanskruti Kulekar, was killed successful a leopard onslaught successful Shiroli Khurd colony successful Junnar taluka. On May 5, Rudra Mahesh Fatale, 8, whose household was visiting relatives successful the Kolwadi country of Junnar, was fatally attacked by a leopard.
On May 10, Nanubai Sitaram Kadale, 60, who was moving connected her bajra farm, was fatally attacked by a leopard successful the Pimpri Pendhar country of Junnar. In the 3rd week of June, Yash Suresh Gaikwad, 11, was killed successful a leopard onslaught successful Dahiwadi colony of Shirur taluka.
After the back-to-back incidents successful April and May, the wood section issued a reddish alert for 13 villages successful a five-square-kilometre country successful the Junnar taluka. People successful these villages were asked not to measurement retired earlier 9 americium and aft 5 pm.
The alert was issued for Gayamukhwadi, Jambhulpad, Navalewadi, Pimpri Pendhar, Umbraj-1 and 2, Pimpalwadi, Yedgaon, Vaishakhkhede, Chalkawadi, Bhatkalwadi, Nagadwadi, Kandali, Bhorwadi villages.
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