Overview
- The leopard moved through Chandiyal, Bhadyal and Malwana in Mandi’s Balh area, where 39-year-old visitor Balbir Singh was fatally mauled in Malwana.
- Authorities reported nine injured in total, including five seriously hurt—identified as Sahib Singh, Deena Nath, Rekha Devi, Janit and Champa Devi—with others sustaining minor cuts and all receiving care at Nerchowk medical college.
- Accounts of the animal’s death differ, with some officials saying villagers killed it and forest officers stating it succumbed after being rushed to a veterinary hospital, and a post-mortem is underway.
- Forest officials described the leopard as an older male, roughly 11–12 years, with damaged canines and likely displaced in search of easier prey in low-visibility conditions.
- The forest department has intensified surveillance and issued safety advisories, as a separate leopard attack in Maharashtra’s Nanded left farm worker Lata Suresh Todsam seriously injured.