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Residents of a distant colony successful Tripura staged a protestation and blocked a roadway aft an aged pistillate was killed by an elephant earlier dawn connected Saturday (April 4, 2026). The constabulary administration, which has been highly engaged owing to forthcoming elections to the tribal autonomous territory assembly had a pugnacious clip quelling the situation.
Police said the aged tribal pistillate was trampled to decease by a tusker astatine Ramkrishnapur colony successful Khowai district. The elephant broke into the bamboo-made location to onslaught the family.
Tripura Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha, who was campaigning for a enactment nominee successful the territory assembly elections, visited the bereaved household and met with villagers. He offered condolences and assured the household of support.
Hundreds of protesters initially created a ruckus astatine the Mungiakami constabulary presumption and the section wood scope office, demanding that the authorities instrumentality measures to forestall predominant raids by chaotic elephants. The wood scope serviceman and others were attacked with bricks and sticks but were rescued by information forces.
The agitation came to an extremity pursuing the involution of elder constabulary and territory medication officials.
This was the 2nd specified incidental successful the past 1 and a fractional months, aft a antheral was killed successful the Chakmaghat area, besides successful Khowai district. During a caller Assembly session, the Tripura authorities stated that an ambitious program was being implemented to make an elephant corridor successful the hills to forestall elephant raids connected villages.
