India, Oct. 5 -- A two-year-old boy was killed in a leopard attack in Nhalewadi village of Satara district on Saturday night, forest officials said.

The child, identified as Jay Sandeep Khandagale, was carried away by the leopard towards adjoining agricultural fields. His father, Sandeep Khandagale, raised the alarm after realising the boy had not returned home, prompting family members and villagers to search in the darkness.

Sandeep, an agricultural labourer, lives with his family in a house surrounded by sugarcane fields.

Recalling the incident, Sandeep said he returned home around 7pm and was feeding cattle when the electricity supply was interrupted. He then went inside the house and spent some time playing with Jay.

"Jay told me...