Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 5: Two persons including a minor girl were critically injured in separate attacks by wild animals outside their homes in Budgam and Baramulla districts of Kashmir Valley Monday.
Eyewitness told that Ghulam Rasool Sheikh Son of Abdul Razzaq of Sutharan Khag was attacked by a wild bear soon outside of his house.
Ghulam Rasool's cries grab attention among the local residents who within no time reached the spot and finally freed him under the knees of wild bear, witness said.
The injured person was immediately rushed to Public Health Center (PHC) Khag where he was later shifted to JVC Bemina for treatment.
However, his condition is stated to be critical. Soon after the attack, DFO Budgam constituted a special team with proper trapping system in the village Sutharan, Khag. Similarly, a minor girl Khushboo Jan, resident of Tangwari, Kalantara, Kreeri in Baramulla district was attacked by a wild leopard late Monday afternoon. She was rushed to Sub district Hospital Kreeri where from she was later shifted to SKIMS Soura for specialized treatment.
According to locals, the leopard pounced on the minor when she was few yards away from her home. "The victims' cries grabbed the attention of a passerby who after reaching the spot found her in a pool of blood," the local said, adding the grievously wounded was shifted to a nearby hospital in critical condition.
Later the villagers staged protest against wildlife authorities for failing to prevent entry of wild animals in residential areas. The locals complained that wild animals had created a reign of terror in the area with attacks on humans becoming order of the day. "The wild animals are also on prowl at Kreeri, Daulatpora, Kalantara and its adjoining areas wherein the people fear to venture out of their homes during the dusk," Manzoor Ahmad Bhat, a local resident of Kalantara said, adding that the beasts have turned their lives miserable. |
