Angry residents of a village near Haldwani clubbed a leopard to death after it attacked six persons and left them injured, a forest official said today.
A leopard entered Hanspurkhatta village yesterday morning and attacked five persons including four of a family, DFO Madhukar Dhakate said.
However, as villagers gathered at the spot after hearing the commotion, the big cat escaped into the forest.
The villagers then informed forest officials after administering first aid to the injured persons.
A team was rushed to the spot to lay a trap for the big cat, the DFO said.
At about three in the afternoon, the leopard revisited the village and attacked another person, a van Gujjar.
The forest team tried to cage it with the help of the villagers but when it was about to escape again, the villagers surrounded it and clubbed it to death, the DFO said.
