
© Wikimedia Commons, Steve GarvieAn adult male golden jackal.
A jackal injured three people in Chhindwara district late on Thursday. The incident took place at Chimoua village panchayat under Amarwada janpad of the district.
The injured include Suresh Dehariya, 50, and Sudhir Bharti, 30, both residents of Chimoua, and Inamul Haq, 7, a resident of Pindrai Dhabir.
"It is a revenue village situated close to the forest area. Three people, including a child, sustained injuries in the animal attack. The condition of all is out of danger," secretary of the Chimoua panchayat, Pooranchand Sahu, told
TOI.He added, "Though I was posted in this village for more than three years now, this is the first such incident of an animal attack."