Thrissur: A five-year-old boy was killed by a leopard while he was playing in front of his house in Valparai, Tamil Nadu. The child, Saibul Alon, is the son of migrant workers Rojab Ali and Sajitha Begum. The parents are plantation workers at the Ayarpadi JE Bungalow Estate.

The leopard attacked him while he was playing in the yard and carried him into the nearby forest. A search was launched by forest officials and residents after he went missing. Parts of his partially eaten body were later recovered from the forest and taken to the Valparai Taluk Hospital.

Leopard attacks have been recurring in Valparai. In the past six months, three children, including an eight-year-old boy from Assam and a six-year-old girl from Jharkhand, have been killed in similar incidents.