Nashik, May 17 (PTI) A three-and-half year old girl was injured by a leopard Thursday evening in Nashik's Dindori taluka, police said.

Ishwari Rajewndra Rahere, a resident of Hanumanwadi in Lakhampur here, was playing in a field at around 7:15 pm when she was attacked in the neck by a leopard, an official said Friday.

"She has been shifted to Nashik civil hospital. We have asked forest department officials to trap the leopard," he added.

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