In Mumbai's Goregaon Women Survives An Attack By A Leopard

Goregaon Women Survives Leopard Attack. In Mumbai's Goregaon area a leopard  attacked a woman and the incident was caught on CCTV camera.

A woman barely survived an attack by a leopard in Goregaon area yesterday. The woman has been hospitalised with minor injuries, reported ANI. The woman in the video has been identified as Nirmaladevi Singh. The video shows she was attacked from behind while she was sitting outside her house. The animal left soon after she decided to cry for help.

#WATCH | Mumbai: A woman barely survived an attack by a leopard in Goregaon area yesterday. The woman has been hospitalised with minor injuries.

(Visuals from CCTV footage of the incident) pic.twitter.com/c1Yx1xQNV8

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Many people who have watched the video on

#WATCH | Mumbai: A woman barely survived an attack by a leopard in Goregaon area yesterday. The woman has been hospitalised with minor injuries.

(Visuals from CCTV footage of the incident) pic.twitter.com/c1Yx1xQNV8

— ANI (@ANI) September 30, 2021 have marvelled at the woman's survival instinct. The lady is seen using a walking stick but when attacked she moves swiftly in order to save herself. The woman is reportedly 55 years old. The incident occurred on Wednesday at around 7:45 pm. Devi has suffered scratch marks on her face, elbow, arm, back and leg. The officials have assured that her injuries are not serious and she is safe and undergoing treatment.

Gajanan Hire, of Thane Forest Division said that the claw marks indicated that the attack was "carried out by a sub-adult leopard."

The incident occurred at Visava close to Aarey Dairy which borders on the Sanjay Gandhi National Park and is reported to be the fourth event in the area. Two days earlier the animal reportedly attempted to carry away a child reported TOI. The boy was playing outside his home in the Unit-3 area of Aarey. 

After the repeated incidences the forest officials and conservationists have set up camera traps. And working proactively to avoid man-animal conflict in the forest. The Aarey area falls under the eco sensitive zone.

Aarey Milk Colony is spread across 3,166 acres. In 1950s and 60s parts of it were handed over to central government bodies such as the National Dairy Development Board, Central Poultry Farm and Reserve Bank of India. It is a tribal settlement area. With forests receding the attacks by the predators have become more rampant.