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A chaotic elephant successful Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum territory killed 2 much radical successful Chaibasa including a insignificant connected Friday (January 9, 2026). The incidental happened successful Tilkouti colony nether Majhgaon constabulary presumption area.
In the past 9 days, the tusker has killed 17 radical successful the Chaibasa wood division. The wood section officials are connected the spot and efforts are connected to tranquilise and power the rogue elephant.
According to the police, 1 deceased has been identified arsenic Prakash Das, 40, and a insignificant boy. When the villagers reached the spot, they recovered that Das’s caput was separated from the body.
The eyewitness said that the chaotic elephant has 1 tusk, but it has not been identified by the constabulary oregon the wood section officials. The incidental took spot adjacent to the Odisha border.
Following the reports, a squad from Vantara, Gujarat, teams from Bankura successful West Bengal, teams from Odisha Wildlife and Jamshedpur person reached the spot on with Aditya Narayan, Forest Divisional Officer (DFO), Chaibasa to power the situation.
As per the villagers, elephant with 1 tusk is not the 1 that antecedently killed people.
While speaking to The Hindu, Mr. Narayan said, “We are camping successful the wood and each efforts are being made to identify, tranquilise the elephant. So acold 17 radical person been killed by the chaotic elephant. However, we are not definite however galore rogue elephants are there. We are besides not definite whether the elephant has travel from Odisha oregon from the wood of Chaibasa.”
Mr. Narayan added that the elephant is moving violently crossed the Kolhan region, making it hard for wood officials and patrolling teams to find it. They are besides utilizing drones to find the elephant.
The elephant mostly attacks astatine nighttime erstwhile radical are sleeping. Since January 1, it has repeatedly entered the country wherever radical reside and killed them.
On January 6, 2026, the elephant panic was astatine its highest erstwhile it killed 7 villagers successful Babadia colony successful Noamundi artifact and Sialjoda colony successful Hatgamariah constabulary presumption area. Out of the 7 victims, 4 members were from the aforesaid household which included husband-wife and their 2 insignificant children.
Despite the predominant incidents, the wood section has failed to win successful controlling the elephants. Efforts are being made to thrust distant the elephant backmost into the wood with the assistance of patrolling teams and firecrackers. People successful the country are present acrophobic to adjacent permission their homes astatine night.
Villagers person demanded a imperishable solution and compensation for the household of the deceased.
