Aaja, aaja, aaja: Picnickers were recording video as they tease leopard in fields; it mauled 3

In a forest range in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol, an advisory was issued a few days back to stay away from the area as an incident of a tiger attack had taken place there.

But a a group of picnickers did not refrain themselves from venturing into the forest and as a result one among them almost got ripped apart by a leopard.

They were picnicking near the Son River in the Khitauli beat of Shahdol range. A 30-second video clip, shot by one of them, is going viral on social media.

It shows the leopard pouncing on them as they initially teased the big cat. Three people were injured.

The victims, attacked by the leopard, have been taken to a hospital. The video starts with the group of people calling the leopard - who was lurking in the bushes - saying "aaja aaja" (come come) and shooting the video. However, their fun soon turned into horror after the leopard came running and pounced on them.

The leopard attacked two people and dragged another person to the ground, almost ripping him apart. The group of started screaming in fear and run for their lives. Within seconds, the leopard too ran away before the video cut off.