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In a heroic act of bravery, a mother successfully saved her child from the clutches of a leopard in Tanahun on Wednesday evening.

The spotted cat had attacked and injured three-year-old Sulabh Pariyar at Bandipur Rural Municipality-1, Baniyatar. But his mother, Laxmi Pariyar, confronted the jungle cat to snatch away her son from its clutch. 

Laxmi chased the leopard when it took away her son. 

After injuring castrated goat of Hem Bahadur Rana, a local, the leopard then entered into the nearby human settlement and attacked the minor while he was playing at a threshold at around 6.00 pm yesterday, confirmed Chief of the Division Forest Office, Komal Raj Kafle. 

According to an an eyewitness, Basu Pantha, Laxmi was able to snatch away her son from the clutch of the beast. 

The injured child received primary aid at the Moti Health Clinic in Banidpur-4, Dumre. The minor sustained injuries on his neck and other body parts.

He was later sent to Bharatpur-based Chitwan Medical College for further treatment, said Purna Singh Thapa, the former chairperson of Bandipur Rural Municipality.  

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