Hazaribag Elephant Attack: 10th Human-Elephant Conflict Death This Year

Hazaribag: A 65-year-old man was trampled to death by an elephant at Chaube Laxmipur village under Chaube panchayat in Chalkusha block of Hazaribag district on Sunday.This was the 10th death in human-elephant conflict in the district this year.The deceased, Badri Choudhary, was returning home after his duty as a private guard when the elephant attacked him near railway gate number 23 in the village around 5 am.Villagers alleged that despite recurring incidents of crop damage and loss of human lives in Chaube and adjoining Kharagu areas, no effective long-term measures have been taken to prevent elephants from straying into human habitats.Forest range officer Amar Kumar said, “A team of forest personnel was keeping tabs on the elephant to ensure that there was no other loss of life.”

The officer in-charge of the Chalkusha police station, Aziz Ansari, said, “The body was sent to Hazaribag for post-mortem.”Handing over Rs 50,000 as immediate relief to the victim’s son, Kumar said that the remaining compensation would be processed after the circle officer submitted a report.