Mob beats leopard to death in Chitradurga

Chitradurga: In a shocking incident, a leopard was beaten to death by a mob in front of the forest officers on Wednesday, July 3.

It is gathered that the villagers surrounded and killed the leopard with sticks in Kurubarahalli village of Chitradurga district. The incident was captured on video.

In the video shot by an eyewitness, several villagers are seen throwing stones at the leopard, even as officials, vastly outnumbered by the villagers, tried to stop them from killing the animal. Finally, the leopard jumped down from the tree and was seen chasing one of the villagers. The mob went after the animal and savagely killed it with huge wooden sticks and stones.