When a man-eating leopard attacked the owner's son, the loyal lion jumped forward and saved the child's life.

Naiduniya Representative, Kanker. Dogs are not only loyal, they do not shy away from sacrificing their lives if their master's life is at stake. A similar incident happened in Dudhawa of Kanker district of Chhattisgarh. Here pet dog Sheru clashed with a man-eating leopard to save 11 year old child Neeraj Dhruv. Freed the child's neck from the jaws of the leopard. The relatives have admitted the injured child to DKS Hospital in Raipur. The man-eating leopard has so far made three children of the area its victims.

Neeraj Dhruv, a resident of Patelpara, had left to go to his uncle's house at 6 pm on Tuesday evening. At the same time, the leopard sitting in ambush caught his neck in its jaws and started running towards the forest. The alert pet dog Sheru showed devotion to his master and saved the child's life. Hearing the screams the villagers gathered. The relatives took the injured child to the hospital.

Footprints will be searched, cages will be installed

Here, on Wednesday the Forest Department team reached Dudhawa village. To catch the man-eating leopard, a team of experts installed trap cameras in the streets of Dudhwa. Leopard footprints were discovered. The place to install the cage was marked. During this, Ranger Abdul Rehman Khan, Vijayant Tiwari and forest department officials were present.

Victim of three children so far

The man-eating leopard has so far made three children its victims in the area. Let us tell you that on Tuesday evening at around 6 pm in Patelpara of Dudhwa, 11 year old child Neeraj Dhruv had left his house to go to his uncle's house. Then suddenly the leopard attacked him and was running towards the forest, holding his neck. Then the pet dog Sheru came in front and clashed with the leopard.

There is an atmosphere of fear in the village

Villagers Ghurau Nishad and Dinesh Rajak told that there is a fear of man-eating leopard in the evening. As soon as it is evening, we close the door of the house. Small children of the house are not allowed to go out of the house, as there is an atmosphere of panic in the village.

People like Ghurau Nishad, Dinesh Rajak, Ghanshyam Yadav, Hariram Yadav, Balaram Yadav etc. told that on August 4, a three-year-old boy was killed by a leopard in village Kodmur. In village Nayapara Dudhawa, on August 26 at 9 am, a two and a half year old child was attacked and injured by a leopard. His aunt's wisdom saved the child's life.