Elephants crushed 3 people in Chandia forest range of Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in Umaria. Out of these, 2 people died. One youth is injured. The incident took place in Devra village on NH-43 on Saturday morning. This village is just 4 km away from Salkhaniya village, where 10 elephants have died in the last 3 days. According to the information, 3 elephants entered the village at around 8 am. There was a stir as soon as the elephants were seen. Ratan Yadav (62), who had gone to the river bank, got caught in the elephant’s feet. Due to this, he died on the spot. At the same time, Bhairav Kol (35) was also crushed by an elephant near Bagdari Talaiya, he died on the spot. The forest staff is appealing to the people not to go to the forest. Damage was also caused to vehicles and scaffolding
The elephants damaged 2 vehicles near Chandia College and a scaffolding built in the village field. Villager Malu Sahu got injured while harvesting paddy in the field. He has been admitted to the hospital. On receiving the information, forest department and police officials reached the spot. Villagers are in panic after the movement of elephants. The forest department team is trying to rescue the elephants. Searching for three elephants in the herd
Sama Forest Division Deputy Forest Officer Kuldeep Tripathi said that after receiving the information, teams from Chandia, Naurozabad and Umaria forest range have reached the spot. More than 50 officers and employees have been deployed. Elephants are being tracked. There are said to be 3 elephants, whose search is going on. Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve has also been informed. At present it is not clear whether these elephants belong to Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve or have come from somewhere else. Instructions to give compensation to the family of the deceased
As soon as the information about this incident in Chandia forest area was received, ACS of Forest Department Ashok Barnwal, PCCF Aseem Srivastava also reached the spot. He discussed with the staff and took stock of the incident site. Also, ACS Barnwal instructed Umaria DFO to give compensation amount within 24 hours. Son said- Father did not receive the call
Ramratan Yadav’s son Santlal Yadav said, father had gone to the forest for defecation at 6 am. During this time some people were watching the elephant by climbing on the tank. When I asked, he said- elephant has come. I thought that father has gone in this direction. I called, but the phone was not answered. We went to see him. He was lying on the way. He was sitting for defecation, during this time the elephant attacked him. However, the elephant did not come inside the village. Eyewitness Mahipal Singh said that he had gone for defecation in the morning. When I saw, three wild elephants were coming. I ran out of fear. Now there is panic in the village that the elephant may come. Read this news also- How did 10 elephants die in Bandhavgarh The mystery of the death of 10 elephants in two days in Bandhavgarh National Park is still intact. The forest department team has not been able to find out the real cause of death. The department is initially considering the kodo crop to be responsible. Due to the fear of Kodo spreading poison to elephants, the department is now destroying this crop. Read the full news…
