After a five-year-old boy went missing from Shimla's Dhowndale area, his family say a leopard attack the boy, informed Ravi Shankar, DFO Wildlife Wing of Forest Department, Shimla on Friday.

Speaking to ANI, Yog Raj's mother, Shyama said, "On Thursday night, we all were busy in Diwali celebration and children were outside the house. My child was lifted by an animal. Locals told me that it was a leopard. I am worried about where he is. The forest and police teams are also searching." Immediately after receiving the information, the forest department had deployed the search team to rescue the child.