Updated On: 10 June, 2024 08:26 AM IST | Bahraich (UP) | PTI
The villagers gathered upon hearing Madhuri`s screams and managed to free her from the leopard`s clutches by hitting it with sticks. However, by then, she was badly injured

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A woman was seriously injured when a leopard attacked her near Katarnia Ghat Wildlife Sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh`s Bahraich district, officials said on Sunday.
According to villagers, Madhuri (20), a resident of Sirsianpurva village in the Sadar Beat area of the Katarnia Ghat Forest Range, was sleeping on a cot outside her house when at around 1:30 am, a leopard came out from the forest and attacked her. The leopard grabbed her and started dragging her towards the forest, they said.