Lakhimpur Kheri, Oct. 14 -- A seven-year-old girl was killed in a leopard attack in Bojhiya village under Padhuva police limits on Monday night, reviving fears of big cat attacks in the Dudhwa buffer zone after a brief monsoon lull. The leopard reportedly lifted Saniya from outside her house in front of her father and dragged her into a sugarcane field close by. Her father and other villagers chased the animal, but it disappeared into the darkness. A search operation launched by Padhuva police that night was suspended due to poor visibility. The girl's mutilated body was recovered from the sugarcane field, about 500 metres from the village, on Tuesday morning. Dhaurahra forest range officer Ashok Kumar Srivastava confirmed the leopard attack, citing pugmarks found at the spot. The body was sent for postmortem examination, while forest officials intensified patrolling and monitoring and began sensitising villagers about wild animals. The Dhaurahra and Nighasan forest ranges have emerged as major human-wildlife conflict zones in the Dudhwa buffer area. More than half a dozen people have reportedly been killed in big cat attacks in the region during the current financial year....