10-month-old girl killed in wild animal attack in UP's Bahraich
2nd such incident within hours: Officials
Bahraich (UP) (PTI): The half-eaten body of a 10-month-old girl, who was taken away by an unidentified wild animal while she was sleeping with her mother in a hut outside their house, was found from a field in this Uttar Pradesh district on Saturday, officials said.
The incident took place on Friday night in Khiriya Sharif village under the Kotwali Dehat police station area of Bahraich district, they added.
On Saturday, the girl's half-eaten body was found from a field in the village. One arm and a leg of the girl were eaten by the animal and her face had severe injury marks, the officials said.
This was the second incident of a young child being killed by a wild animal in the district within a few hours.
"Rama Devi was sleeping with her 10-month-old daughter, Sunita, in a hut outside her house in Khiriya Sharif village. When she woke up at midnight, the child was missing. Villagers began searching for the girl and several hours later, her mutilated body was found from a field," Forest Range Officer Vinod Kumar Nayak told PTI.
He said the girl's face bore severe wounds, suggesting that an animal might have grabbed her by the mouth. "One of the girl's arms and one of her legs were also missing," the official said.
He said the pugmarks spotted at the site where the body was found were small, making it difficult to ascertain which animal was responsible for the incident.
"A wolf's pugmarks are not that small. It could be a jackal or a wild dog or even a rabies-infected dog," Nayak said.
The ranger said the girl's post-mortem has been conducted and experts are looking into the incident.
Four forest department teams are combing the sugarcane fields in the area in search of the animal. Drones will be used on Sunday. Cages may also be installed based on expert advice, the officials said.
A five-year-old boy playing outside his house was injured in a wolf attack on Friday evening in Mallahan Purva village of Kaiserganj tehsil, about 40 kilometres from the scene where the girl was taken by the wild animal. The child died late at night while being taken to Lucknow for treatment. The forest department has launched a search for the wolves with the help of drones. Three cages have been installed in the area, the officials said.
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SWR announces special trains for passengers stranded by large-scale IndiGo cancellations
Bengaluru (PTI): The South Western Railway on Saturday announced a series of special trains, in coordination with Central, South Eastern and Southern Railways, to clear stranded passengers following large-scale IndiGo flight cancellations across the country.
The special services will operate between December 6 and 10 on high-demand routes, including Bengaluru–Chennai, Bengaluru–Pune, Yesvantpur–Hazrat Nizamuddin, Shalimar–Yelahanka and Ernakulam–Yelahanka, officials said.
According to an official statement, SWR will run Train No. 06255/06256 between Chennai Egmore and KSR Bengaluru, 06257/06258 between Bengaluru and MGR Chennai Central, 06259/06260 between Yesvantpur and Hazrat Nizamuddin, and 06263/06264 between Bengaluru and Pune.
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Central Railway will operate Train No. 01413/01414 between Pune and Bengaluru, while South Eastern Railway will run Train No. 08073/08074 between Shalimar and Yelahanka. Southern Railway will operate Train No. 06147/06148 between Ernakulam and Yelahanka, the statement said.
Railways has advised passengers to check updated timings on its official channels and arrive early at stations.
For at least five days in a row, IndiGo flight operations have been significantly disrupted, with a large number of cancellations and delays causing hardships to thousands of passengers. In many cases, baggage has been misplaced.
