Overview
- The child, identified as Shanvi, was taken from her home in Kandauli village around 5 a.m., with blood stains, small pieces of flesh, and wolf footprints found nearby.
- Forest and police teams used drones, a dog squad, and local inputs to track an adult female wolf, which a government sharpshooter killed about 11 hours after the abduction near sugarcane fields by Pradhan Purva.
- Officials took the carcass for post-mortem and forensic examination to check for human remains and confirm links to the attack.
- Authorities warn other wolves may still be active as earlier estimates of a four-wolf pack are being reassessed, with at least one previously injured animal untraced.
- Bahraich has recorded six deaths and around 29–30 injuries in wolf attacks since September, and the state has ordered problem animals captured or shot while maintaining drone surveillance and night patrols.