In Jharkhand, a wild elephant trampled 6 members of a family to death !

The elephant has killed 16 people in 7 days

Chaibasa (Jharkhand) – At least six people, including four members of a family, were trampled to death in two separate attacks by a wild elephant in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district, a senior forest official said on Wednesday. The tusker, which had attacked several people in the last few days, entered the Noamundi and Hatgamariah Police station areas late on Tuesday and killed the six people, Chaibasa Divisional Forest Officer Aditya Narayan said.

Four people were also injured in the elephant attack, another forest official said. The elephant had claimed the lives of seven people, including three members of a family, a day ago. Teams of forest officials with experts from West Bengal’s Bankura district have been engaged to drive away the elephant back into the forest, the official said. The Forest Department has not been successful in capturing the elephant. In this situation, forest department officials have sought assistance from Anant Ambani’s wildlife conservation organisation, ‘Vantara’.

This elephant, which has become a headache for the Government and Administration, hides in the forest during the day and moves toward villages after nightfall. On the way, it attacks houses that come in its path. The elephant is killing even sleeping people by knocking them down and dragging them along.