JAIPUR: In a joint operation on Friday morning, the forest department and police shot a leopard in Rajasthan's Udaipur district, following a series of deadly attacks in the area. Over the past month,

The leopard was shot at Madar village in Udaipur district’s Gogunda forest range. The state forest department had previously issued shoot-at-sight orders for the suspected man-eater.

Officials added that the preliminary investigation is underway after which it will be clearer if the leopard was the one involved in the killing of eight people in the past month in Gogunda and Jhadol

Jaipur: A leopard "suspected" of turning man-eater was shot dead on Friday by a joint team of forest department and police in Rajasthan's Udaipur district, an official said. In

Locals said that there have been two leopard attacks in Madar village in just last five days. On Wednesday, two women working in the field were attacked while one (Mangibai) succumbed to injuries during treatment the other woman (Kesibai) sustained grievous injuries and is undergoing treatment.

A man-eating leopard in Udaipur's jungles, who had attacked a farmer in the nearby village, was found dead on Friday with an injury mark on its neck, forest officials said.