Lakhimpur Kheri, Oct. 27 -- A leopard killed an eight-year-old boy near his house in south Kheri forest division area and caused grave injuries to a 59-year woman in separate incidents, in the Mailani range of Dudhwa buffer zone, on Monday night.

Meanwhile in Majhgain range of Dudhwa buffer zone, the movement of a tigress with her three cubs across has kept local residents of half a dozen villages worried.

In the first incident, a leopard allegedly dragged and killed Amit Kumar, 8, from near his house at Bakhshpurwa village, under the Mahewaganj police limits, at around 8 pm on Monday night. The area falls under the Shardanagar range of the South Kheri forest division.

The child's house is located in close proximity to sugarcane and ba...