A leopard decapitated a 9-month-old baby after snatching him from his cot while he was sleeping next to his mother in India, Daily Mail reported.

The eight-year-old leopard clamped its jaws around the baby before dragging him away. His mutilated body was found later that day.

The big cat was caught by rangers from the Gujarat State Forest Department in the early hours a day later by using cages with bait inside them.