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Forest Officials Attacked Amidst Leopard Attack Protests

A local Congress leader, Vinod Danosi, and others have been booked for allegedly assaulting a Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) and holding another official hostage in Pauri Garhwal. The…

Forest Officials Attacked Amidst Leopard Attack Protests
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Attributed summary

A local Congress leader, Vinod Danosi, and others have been booked for allegedly assaulting a Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) and holding another official hostage in Pauri Garhwal. The incident occurred during a protest by angry residents and Congress members following a leopard attack that killed a four-year-old girl. Separately, a 14-year-old boy also died in a leopard attack in Champawat district.

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