Leopard kills 13-year-old boy in Pune village; furious locals torch forest dept van

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A leopard killed 13-year-old Rohan Bombe while he was playing near farms in Pimparkhed village, Shirur tehsil, Pune district, on Sunday (Nov 2).

This marks the third human-leopard conflict case in the area within the past 30 days, escalating local tensions.

Angry residents set a forest department patrolling van on fire in protest over repeated wildlife attacks and perceived inaction.v

A 13-year-old boy was mauled to death by a leopard in Pimparkhed village of Shirur tehsil, Pune district, on Sunday, marking the third fatal human-wildlife conflict in the region within a month. The incident sparked outrage among villagers, who set ablaze a patrolling van belonging to the forest department in protest.

According to officials from the Junnar Forest Division, the vic