Two-year-old mauled to death by wild animal in UP’s Bahraich village, forest staff launch probe

BAHRAICH (Uttar Pradesh): A two-year-old boy was killed after being taken away by a wild animal late on Monday night in a village in Bahraich, prompting forest officials to launch an investigation. The child, identified as Ayush, had come to visit his maternal grandparents when the incident took place.

Divisional Forest Officer Ajit Pratap Singh said, “A wild animal took away a two-year-old boy who had come to his maternal home while he was sleeping with his mother in the verandah. We received information that it happened during the midnight hour between 12 am and 1 am”.

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Ajit Pratap Singh, Divisional Forest Officer, says, ” In Gadabad, a 2-year-old boy who had come to his maternal home. We received information that during the midnight hour between 12… pic.twitter.com/CW84sm03sx

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“We searched and recovered the body of the child the next morning. We sent the body for a post-mortem investigation. We searched the entire area to identify the animal. Near a sugarcane field, two jackals were spotted…we have searched almost 2 km but haven’t found any claw marks of a wolf”, he added.

Earlier in February, as many as five people were injured in a leopard attack in Bahraich. Additionally, Bahraich, also experienced a series of wolf attacks earlier last year. The wolf attacks took place on humans between March and September 2024 in Bahraich, suspected to be carried out by a pack of six wolves. (ANI)