Bahraich, March 7 -- The Bahraich forest department has gone on high alert, intensifying measures amid growing man-animal conflict near areas like the Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary (KWS).

In the latest tragedy, a seven-year-old boy was killed on Friday night while another girl was seriously injured in a separate leopard attack a day earlier. Following the incidents, the forest department has stepped up surveillance and installed cages to capture the animal.

The fatal incident occurred on Friday evening in Azamgarhpurwa, a hamlet of Karikot Gram Panchayat under Sujauli police station area, located near the KWS. Raghuveer, 7, s/o Ram Vilas Patwa, was playing in the courtyard of his house when a leopard suddenly entered the premises and ...