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Puja Pawar, a four year old girl was mauled to death
a leopard near the Mulla Baug area of Thane on Sunday.
The girl's body was found by the police.
Puja was playing outside her house on Saturday morning
and was found missing around 11.30 in the morning.
Her parents, both daily wage construction workers
lodged a complaint with the police on Saturday night.
The Kapurbawdi police, who were in the process of investigating
the matter, were informed that a badly mutilated corpse
of a child was found in the nearby jungle. Puja's parents
identified her body. The leopard had eaten away her
head and a leg.
Local workers, involved in the various construction
projects in the area and their families have expressed
shock. Some years ago there had been a string of incidents
of Leopards and Tigers attacking the locals in this
area but since then such incidents had stopped. The
locals have asked for the animal to be trapped by the
forest department since it is likely to strike again.
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