5 Leopard cubs were burnt to death in a sugarcane farm in the village of Awsari, Pune.

The 5 leopard cubs were accidentally killed after they got burnt along with the trash, the incident happened in Awsari Village, Pune.

Laborers said that they did not know the cubs were present on the farm.

A worker in the sugarcane farm said that the owner of the farm instructed them to burn the trash and did not know the cubs were present on the farm. A woman laborer spotted the dead cubs and told them about it.

The 5 cubs were around 10 days old.

Forest officials believe that the mother of the 5 cubs left them in the field while she went on to search for food.

Forest Official Prajot Palve of Ambegaon said that they have deployed people in the area as the mother of the cubs could be searching for her them.