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A leopard was killed by mob after it injured a child and a constable in a locality under Bairgachhi police outpost in Araria, police said on Thursday.
The leopard strayed into Bairgachhi-Araria locality and attacked a child and a police constable Surendra Kumar Bharti and injured the two severely, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Rajiv Ranjan said.
Soon, a mob gathered at the spot and an unidentified man shot at the animal killing it on the spot, Ranjan said.
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Both the victims were taken to Sadar hospital for treatment, the ASP said adding, the cop had risked his own life to rescue the child from the leopard.
A forest team rushed to the spot to probe the killing of the leopard and a case was lodged against unidentified persons under provisions of the Wild Protection Act, 1972 for killing the leopard, Ranjan added.
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