Lakhimpur Kheri, March 3 -- A 14-year boy was killed in a leopard attack near Khairatiya village railway station on Monday night, police said. The victim was identified as Raj Kamal Singh of Jasnagar. The leopard disappeared into the neighbouring fields after the attack, leaving the body on the spot.

Family members and villagers discovered the body on Tuesday morning near a hutment close to the railway track. Dudhwa buffer zone officials were informed about the incident following which north Nighasan forest range officer Bhupendra Singh and his staff arrived on the scene. They found leopard pug marks on the spot.

Kirti Chaudhari, deputy director of Dudhwa buffer zone, said the boy had walked towards the railway tracks close to the Mohan...