A three-year-old boy was reportedly taken away by a leopard at Qazigund village in south Kashmir’s Kulgam on Wednesday evening, officials said.
An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a boy, identified as Sehran Yousuf, son of Mohammad Yousuf and a resident of Brinal Lammar, was pounced upon by a leopard and taken to the nearby forest.
As news of the incident spread, scores of people rushed to the forest and began searching.
Taking to KNO, Imtiyaz Naik, Wildlife Incharge Kulgam, said, "We are not sure whether the boy was taken by a leopard, but we have started search."
All teams are on the job to trace the boy, he said—(KNO)
