Overview
- Pravesh Sharma, 18, killed a leopard with stones after a 10–12 minute struggle near his home in Sarli village, Solan, and received Rs 5,000 in immediate relief from forest officials.
- Residents in the Himachal locality say they had reported leopard movement since March 6 and requested a trap cage before the attack on the student and an earlier strike on a motorcyclist.
- In Uttarakhand’s Pauri Garhwal, 48-year-old Prakash Lal was found dead after a leopard attack near Jamla, prompting orders to capture and tranquilise the animal or, if necessary, kill it.
- Divisional Forest Officer Mahatim Yadav said cages and cameras have been installed and teams are being deployed, after villagers detained officials and demanded swift action over multiple recent killings.
- Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami raised death compensation to ₹10 lakh and earmarked ₹5 crore for rescue operations plus ₹131 crore for conflict-mitigation, as recent incidents add to a documented rise in human–wildlife conflict.