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| Leopard kills 7 yr old girl; people stage protest | | | Rajouri, July 27 : A leopard killed a seven year old girl in a remote area of Rajouri district, late on Thursday night forcing people to stage a protest demonstration against the wildlife department. Reports revealed that the wild beast sneaked into the house of Muhammad Wazir in Morian Glotie village of Rajouri district, about 9 PM on Thursday and took away his seven year old daughter Fozia. The villagers launched search immediately after the incident in the nearby forest area but of no result. The half eaten body of Fozia was revered by the villagers from the forest area, this morning. Soon after the report spread in the area a large number of people including women came out and staged a protest demonstration against the wildlife department. The protestor blocked Rajouri-Poonch road for more than two hours. Raising slogans against the government the protestors were demanding that government should immediately form a special task force to deal with such animals, which have increased attacks on humans. The protestors were pacified only after Assistant Revenue Commissioner and Tehsildar Rajouri reached the spot and assured them that a drive would be launched to track down the animal. This was the second such incident in Rajouri district, during this week. Earlier a leopard killed a woman in Taryee forest of Nowshera in Rajouri district. According to police, a middle-aged woman, Bimla Devi, a resident of Dharyata village had gone to forest to graze her cattle where she was attacked and killed by a leopard
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