LAKHIMPUR KHERI:, Oct. 16 -- The safety of schoolchildren in villages reporting big cat movement has become a major concern in Kheri, where at least six children have died in leopard attacks during the current financial year, including two recent fatalities on October 12 and 14.

Villages near reserved forests in Palia, Nighasan, Dhaurahra and Mohammadi tehsils have reported frequent leopard movement, leaving parents worried about children attending government primary schools.

Rakesh Kumar, a block education officer earlier posted in Bankeyganj, told Hindustan Times that students and teachers of Bhammapur school had been shifted to a neighbouring composite school after a tigress with cubs was spotted in a nearby field. Normal classes res...