A tribal girl was killed after she was attacked by an Asiatic lion on an agricultural field at Goradka village of Savarkundla taluka of Amreli in Gir (east) wildlife division.
According to a report by the Indian Express, forest officials are tracing the lion involved in the incident and rescue it.
The victim was identified as eight-year-old Sangeeta Bhuriya, a native of Dahod district in eastern Gujarat.
Savarkundla Rural police said that the family had come to Chandu¡¯s farm to work as sharecroppers and were sleeping on the farm when the incident happened.?
¡°Some wild animal attacked Sangeeta while she was asleep, dragged her to a cotton field, and partially ate her body,¡± the victim's elder brother Sajan said.
Anshuman Sharma, Deputy Conservator of Forests of Gir (east) wildlife division, said prima facie, the girl was attacked by a lion.
¡°Pugmarks at the crime scene suggest it to be a lion which had attacked the girl. Also, the movement of lions was recorded in that area. So, prima facie, the girl was attacked by a lion. Efforts are on to rescue the animal and collect samples of its scat ascertain if it indeed was a lion which attacked the girl and which individual lion was involved,¡± said Sharma.
Savarkundla Rural police have registered a case of accidental death and launched an investigation.?
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