LEOPARD BEATEN TO DEATH

Vadodara: After being injured by a leopard, a farm labourer and his friends allegedly beat up the carnivore to death with an axe and wooden sticks, tied its legs to a heavy stone and threw the carcass in a river in Gir Somnath district. The villagers did not stop there as they retrieved the carcass from the river and burnt it, a forest official said. Farm labourer, Bhagwan Mala, has been detained in this connection. On Thursday, Mala had sustained a minor injury when the feline attacked him while he was working at his field in Chikhli village.