A frightful incident took place at Rani Ghata village, situated at some 14 Km from Dungerpur district where a leopard killed a woman and took away her 3 year old son.

Forest, police department and locals went on a joint search operation. Rescue team led by shooter Satnam Singh was sent from Udaipur to trace the leopard, who has been reportedly sighted in the area earlier too.

Kali Bai (34) was fast asleep with her little son Subash outside her hut, situated on a hillock. The couple Kali and husband Mahendra had three children. Kali and Subash were alone on Sunday night when the leopard attacked. Since it was a remote settlement, villagers didn’t hear noises in the night and came to know about it in the morning.

Varda police rushed to the spot and found Kali’s body from a secluded spot while the child was nowhere found. Dhanpat Singh Rathore, ACF said, “Since the woman has been killed, there is a little chance of the child to be alive but we have laid a search operation to trace him and the animal.”