Raipur, May 2 (IANS) Two Chhattisgarh villagers, including an eight-year-old girl, were critically injured Monday when a leopard attacked a group of tribals in Raipur district, officials said.

A group of about seven villagers were inside a forest pocket in Devbhog area in Raipur district, some 150 km from here, when the leopard charged at them.

A middle-aged man and an eight-year-old girl were critically injured, officials at the forest headquarters here said.

Both of them were admitted to a primary hospital at Devbhog.