Maharashtra: Woman mauled to death by leopard

Deepali Jagtap was mauled to death on Wednesday by a leopard while she was working in an agriculture field.

Nashik: A 25-year-old woman was mauled to death by a leopard in Jalgaon in north Maharashtra, official said today.

Deepali Jagtap, a resident of Varkhed in Chalisgaon tehsil, was mauled to death on Wednesday by a leopard while she was working in an agriculture field, said Chalisgaon sub-divisional officer (SDO) Sharad Pawar.

Irate locals brought her body to the SDO office yesterday demanding that the leopard should be trapped.

Pawar said a financial aid of Rs one lakh would be given to Deepali's kin.