{
  "id": 15382597,
  "title": "Chandrapur Horror As Leopard Drags 9-Year-Old Hyderabad Boy Into Bushes, Hundreds Join Midnight Rescue",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/chandrapur-horror-as-leopard-drags-9-year-old-hyderabad-boy-into",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-18T08:07:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/chandrapur-horror-as-leopard-drags-9-year-old-hyderabad-boy-into-bushes-hundreds-join-midnight-rescue"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Chandrapur, October 18: A nine-year-old boy, originally from Hyderabad, was attacked and carried away by a leopard near Visapur toll naka in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district on Saturday night. The incident occurred while he and a neighbor were walking to the Mata Mahakali temple. Hundreds of locals joined a frantic search for the boy, with police and forest department teams also involved. The rescue came late on Sunday, when the child was found injured in the bushes with a deep neck wound that prevented him from yelling for help. He was swiftly taken to a hospital for treatment. In response to the incident, camera traps have been installed in the area to locate the leopard responsible for the attack.",
  "summary": "Chandrapur, Oct 18: A leopard attacked and dragged away a nine-year-old boy from a group of pilgrims walking to a temple in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district, officials said on Sunday. Hundreds of locals launched a frantic search and later found the child lying injured in nearby bushes, from where he was rescued shortly after midnight on Sunday, they said. Leopard attacks boy near toll naka The…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}