Valparai woman fights off leopard, saves daughter

Thirty-year-old Muthulakshmi, along with her daughter Sathya, were picking firewood in the backyard of their house on Friday night, when the feline pounced on the girl and began dragging it away by the neck, they said.

Muthulakshmi immediately hit the leopard so hard with the firewood that the animal let go of the girl and fled into the jungle, the police added. Sathya sustained injuries on the neck and was taken to the government hospital at Pollachi. 

On receiving information, Forest Department Personnel decided to trap the leopard, which reportedly has been on the prowl in the area for over 10 days. A fortnight ago, there were reports that a woman at Kanchamalai was a victim of a similar attack, sources said.