Our Correspondent, Thakurgaon
Villagers beat a leopard to death at Bangaon village under Ranishankoil upazila in Thakurgaon yesterday afternoon.
Police and local people said the animal, coming out of its hiding from a wheat field, suddenly attacked and injured five people at about 3:00pm.
The injured are Aiub Ali, 37, Wahab Ali, 40, Abdur Razzak, 32, Ataur Rahaman, 32, and Azhar Ali, 26.
Hearing their screams, villagers rushed to the spot and beat the leopard with iron rods, sticks and spears to death. Later, the locals hung it on a tree in the high school ground.
On information, police rushed to the spot and brought the dead leopard to Ranishankoil Police Station.
Officer in Charge of the police station told this correspondent that they informed the forest department to hand it over.
The same leopard also injured another five people at Basnahar village of Ranishankoil upazila on Sunday evening.
Courtesy: thedailystar.net
