A pack of man-eating wolves killed eight residents including children in India.

The vicious predators have been terrorising villagers in the densely forested Bahraich district in Uttar Pradesh state for the past two months.

The victims were reportedly sleeping on mats outside to cool off when they were attacked.

One of the wolves, part of a pack of six, was caught by wildlife officers on August 29.

Sanjay Srivastava, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlfe), said the wolf was detected through a thermal imaging drone in a forest at 11 pm on August 28.

He said: 'It was monitored again using a drone around 5 am. The wolf's footprints were spotted, and the local forest department officials sprang into action.

'After a challenging effort, they successfully captured the wolf from the floodplain of Sisayya village at around 10:45 am. The search for two other wolves is still ongoing.'

Police said the wolf was captured by scaring it into a trap using firecrackers. It was tranquilised and taken to the Gorakhpur Zoo.

Authorities said 'Operation Bhediya' to capture the rest of the pack was ongoing.