Four-year-old girl killed in leopard attack in UP's Bahraich village
Bahraich (UP) (PTI): A four-year-old girl was killed in a leopard attack in a village under the Katarniaghat Wildlife Division in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district, officials said on Friday.
According to villagers, Anushka (4), daughter of Manoj, a resident of Mukhia Farm village under Rampurwa gram panchayat in the Nishangarha Range, was playing in the courtyard outside her house when a leopard emerged from a nearby sugarcane field and dragged her away in its jaws on Thursday evening.
Family members and villagers chased the animal after raising an alarm, following which the leopard dropped the child about 50 metres from the house and fled into the bushes near a canal, they said.
The injured girl was rushed to a hospital but she died on the way. A family member said injury marks were visible on her neck and nose.
Nishangarha Range Officer Surendra Srivastava said the girl died due to the leopard attack. A forest department team inspected the spot late at night.
He said the department provided Rs 10,000 as immediate financial assistance to the bereaved family for the last rites. Patrolling has been intensified in the area, with four teams deployed for continuous monitoring and villagers being sensitised.
Police have sent the body for post-mortem examination.
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China confirms its support to Pakistan during four-day conflict with India
Beijing (PTI): China, for the first time, has confirmed that it provided on-site technical support to Pakistan during the four-day conflict with India last year, official media reports here said.
China's state broadcaster CCTV on Thursday aired an interview with Zhang Heng, an engineer from the Aviation Industry Corporation of China's (AVIC) Chengdu Aircraft Design and Research Institute, a key developer of China’s advanced fighter aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicle design.
Zhang had provided technical support to Pakistan during the four-day war last May, Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported, quoting CCTV.
Pakistan's air force operates a fleet of Chinese-made J-10CE jets, produced by an AVIC subsidiary.
"At the support base, we frequently heard the roar of fighter jets taking off and the constant wail of air-raid sirens. By late morning, in May, the temperature was already approaching 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit). It was a real ordeal for us, both mentally and physically,” Zhang said.
What drove his team was the "desire to do an even better job with on site support” and to ensure their equipment could “truly perform at its full combat potential”, Zhang told CCTV.
“That wasn’t just a recognition of the J10CE; it was also a testament to the deep bond we formed through working side by side, day in and day out,” he said.
