Bengaluru: A leopard killed a person Shivaswamy, 62, at Kalladevanahalli of Magadi taluk of Bengaluru South district on Monday early morning.
Shivaswamy, a priest had been to his field to collect flowers and it was when a leopard said to be hiding in the field pounced on Shivaswamy to attack him.
Shivaswamy was found dead in a pool of blood at his field.
It is said a leopard had strayed to Kalladevanahalli a couple of days ago in which a buffalo calf was mauled by the predator.
A couple of years ago, an aged woman and a girl were victims of leopard attacks in Magadi.
Former MLA A. Manju said had forest officials had placed a cage to trap the leopard soon after they came to know about a straying leopard the tragedy could have been averted.
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