5 booked for beating leopard to death in UP’s Balrampur

A case was registered against five people for beating a leopard to death in Sohelwa wildlife sanctuary here, officials said on Sunday. Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Prakhar Gupta said a leopard was found dead with injury marks on the body at the Bankatwa range of the forest.

In the post-mortem examination, it was revealed that the animal was beaten to death with sticks, he said.

A case was registered against the five at Lalia Police Station, he added.

A three-member team was formed to conduct the post-mortem examination of the carcass, the DFO had said on Saturday.

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