A full-grown female leopard was beaten to death by tea garden workers at Mariani area in Jorhat district after four workers, including a woman, sustained severe injuries in the big cat's attack on Wednesday. Forest staff shot into the air to save the leopard, but in vain.
The incident occurred at Doklongia tea estate around 11am on Wednesday. The leopard attacked a woman, Elemon Munda, in the garden, creating panic among the workers. Munda, who sustained severe injuries, is undergoing treatment at Jorhat Medical College and Hospital (JMCH).
On hearing about the incident, garden workers, equipped with lathis and 'daos' came out in large numbers and gheraoed the big cat at the spot. They beat the leopard to death. Two persons sustained injuries in the counter attack of the leopard.
"We have lodged a complaint at Mariani police station against the garden workers involved in killing the animal. Police have registered a case and launched an investigation," said Mariani forest range officer Dibakor Medhi.
He added that the leopard, which was about 12 years old, had injured one Tulashi Das in the same area on Tuesday night. Das had sustained critical injuries in his neck and head and was being treated at JMCH.
"We got information about the leopard's appearance in the tea garden on Tuesday night and launched an operation. Our staff were patrolling the entire tea garden to foil any attacks by the animal but due to the ruckus created by the locals, the situation turned out of control today (Wednesday). We finally opened fire in the air, but the garden workers brutally attacked the animal and killed it," said Medhi, adding that veterinarians arrived at the spot to conduct an autopsy of the animal.
In January, another adult leopard was beaten to death by tea garden workers at Borhat Bengenabari area in Sivasagar district.
The incident occurred at Doklongia tea estate around 11am on Wednesday. The leopard attacked a woman, Elemon Munda, in the garden, creating panic among the workers. Munda, who sustained severe injuries, is undergoing treatment at Jorhat Medical College and Hospital (JMCH).
On hearing about the incident, garden workers, equipped with lathis and 'daos' came out in large numbers and gheraoed the big cat at the spot. They beat the leopard to death. Two persons sustained injuries in the counter attack of the leopard.
"We have lodged a complaint at Mariani police station against the garden workers involved in killing the animal. Police have registered a case and launched an investigation," said Mariani forest range officer Dibakor Medhi.
He added that the leopard, which was about 12 years old, had injured one Tulashi Das in the same area on Tuesday night. Das had sustained critical injuries in his neck and head and was being treated at JMCH.
"We got information about the leopard's appearance in the tea garden on Tuesday night and launched an operation. Our staff were patrolling the entire tea garden to foil any attacks by the animal but due to the ruckus created by the locals, the situation turned out of control today (Wednesday). We finally opened fire in the air, but the garden workers brutally attacked the animal and killed it," said Medhi, adding that veterinarians arrived at the spot to conduct an autopsy of the animal.
In January, another adult leopard was beaten to death by tea garden workers at Borhat Bengenabari area in Sivasagar district.
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