Raipur, March 17 (IANS) Two leopards were found dead, apparent victims of starvation, in a forested area of Chhattisgarh, an official said Wednesday.

The leopards, a male and a female, were found in Pandaria in Kawardha district, about 250 km from Raipur.

'The male leopard was three-years-old and the female one four-years-old. The postmortem revealed they died of starvation,' the forest department official told IANS.