By IANS,
Kolkata: Angry villagers stoned a leopard to death Monday in Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal after it entered a village and injured seven people, an official said.
The incident took place at Gadheyakuthi area Monday evening when angry villagers pelted stones at the leopard and killed it – in view of forest officials.
According to sources, the leopard entered the village in the morning and injured seven people.
A forest official was also injured by the villagers when he tried to save the animal from the public fury.
The state forest department has begun a probe into the matter.
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