Palghar, Nov 30 (PTI) A 10-year-old boy was seriously injured in a leopard attack in Palghar on Thursday, a forest department official said.

The incident took place in Kudan when Prem Jitendra Patil was playing outside his house, he said.

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"The child has been hospitalised in Silvassa (in the Union Territory of Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu). Cages have been placed to capture the leopard," he added.

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