Meditating monk killed by leopard

ABuddhist monk was killed by a leopard while meditating in a protected forest for the big cats in Maharashtra. This was the fifth such attack in the area this month, police said yesterday.

Rahul Walke Bodhi was seated beneath a tree in Ramdegi forest for his morning prayers on Tuesday when the leopard pounced on him. The 35-year-old monk was fatally injured, police said. Two other devotees meditating with him at the time escaped unscathed to alert the police. “His badly mauled body was found further into the forest, indicating the animal tried to drag it along,” Krisna Tiwari, a senior police officer in the region said.