Satish Aditya
Motihari : A strayed wild Tusker went on rampage and killed four persons in last 30 hours in Nawada District in Bihar. The teams of Forest Department officials are tracking the elephant and chasing it away from human settlements. The bodies were sent for post-mortem.
According to Forest Department officials the tusker has strayed from Kodarma Forest area in neghbouring Jharkhand state and entered Nawada District of Bihar. Sanjay Kumar, Ranger, Nawada, said this strayed jumbo has triggered panic in Sardala Block area of the district and has killed Anand Singh of village Sakara, Vinod Kumar of village Bhanauli , Baleshwar Yadav of village Hasan, and a 10 years old boy in Sitamarhi Block area.
Environment & Forest and Climate Change Minister Neeraj Kumar Singh said that Quick Response Team (QRT) and tranquilisation teams were sent to Nawada to track the elephant. Besides, a special team of QRT has been requisitioned from West Bengal to chase away the jumbo from Nawada. The search operation is still on to track the elephant.
Wild Boar kills man in W Champaran : In another incident, ane Sheshnath Yadav, 35, of village Naraipur under Semara police station, was killed by a wild boar on February 25, 2021, when he on his way to his agriculture field near village Guruwaliya close Chiwtaha Forest range of Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR) in West Champaran District. H K Rai , Wildlife Conservator of VTR, said that we are looking into the matter.
It may be mentioned here that a Tigress had killed 4 persons including a woman and injured two Forest Department employees others in Valmiki Tiger Reserve on February 6, 2021. The 15 year old Tigress was caught by a team of 60 Forest officials from forest after a week frm Manguraha Range in VTR. But, the Tigress died during treatment at Patna zoo.