Leopard attacks Yamunanagar labourer

Tribune News Service

Yamunanagar, April 15

A leopard attacked a labourer working in the fields and injured him near Pratap Nagar town of Yamunanagar district on Wednesday.

It is learnt that Jai Kumar of Kutipur village was working in the fields of a farmer of Pratap Nagar town on Wednesday when the big cat hiding in the wheat field pounced on him. He shouted for help and picked up a stick to scare the leopard. Hearing his cries, workers from adjoining fields rushed to his aid and tried to drive the animal away, but it hid itself in standing wheat crop in nearby. Jai Kumar was rushed to a hospital for treatmentat Pratap Nagar.

The incident created fear among farmers and workers as they are busy harvesting wheat these days. “The local administration should keep a vigil so that wild animals such as leopard don’t enter the fields and human habitations in the area,” said Rajeev Walia, former sarpanchof Pratap Nagar.