A leopard on Wednesday morning attacked two youths of a tea estate in Jalpaiguri when they were warding off buffaloes from the tea plantations.

Sources said that Sanju Goala and Sudhir Bhunia, residents of the Bamandanga-Tondu tea estate in Nagrakata block of the district, reached a plantation in the morning to drive away some buffaloes.

Suddenly, a leopard pounced on them from a bush and attacked them.

As the duo put up a fight and screamed for help, the animal fled the spot.

Residents took the injured and bleeding youths to the block health centre in Sulkapara for treatment.

Residents have demanded that the foresters on a priority basis lay a trap and cage the leopard that they suspect is still roaming in the tea garden.