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At slightest six people, including 4 members of a family, were trampled to decease by a herd of chaotic elephants successful Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh district connected Friday (February 13, 2026).
The incidental took spot astatine astir 12:30 AM in Gondwar village, around 20 km from Hazaribagh under Churchu block when the villagers were asleep. According to a villager, 5 elephants successful radical entered the colony and created chaos by damaging astatine slightest 8 houses.
Deepak Kumar, mislaid 4 of his household members successful the elephants attack.
“I mislaid my father, woman and 2 insignificant children of 4-years and 8-months-old. I was not determination astatine location erstwhile the elephant killed my family. I was astatine my enactment tract successful Hazaribagh municipality and sojourn my location erstwhile a week. I came cognize astir the incidental past nighttime itself but reached location successful the greeting astatine 4 a.m., “Mr. Kumar said.
While 5 radical died connected the spot, 1 succumbed to his injuries during attraction astatine the authorities hospital. Mandu Assembly constituency MLA Nirmal Mahto from All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) besides reached the colony to conscionable deceased household members.
“It was past 12 successful the nighttime erstwhile I was going to furniture and aft immoderate time, maine and my begetter heard the dependable of the elephants who had entered a location by breaking the main gate. The elephant came towards maine but I deed it with electrical heater to prevention my life,“ said a villager.
Another villager Babulal Hembram suggested that wood section should travel retired with the item program and strategy to woody with specified concern arsenic elephants are present sidesplitting humans.
“There should beryllium arrangements of due announcement done nationalist code strategy to alert the villagers. Even the wood section should usage the large siren to alert the villagers. Those who person killed six radical should beryllium identified to survey their behaviour,“ Mr. Hembram said.
According the wood official, these elephants person earlier attacked respective houses leaving galore villagers earnestly injured.
Vijay Kumar, a scope serviceman of Hazaribagh Forest said that villagers are demanding to state the these elephants arsenic rogue.
Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO), of Hazaribagh Sadar, Aaditya Pandey said process has been initiated for the compensation.
“We are trying our level-best and process volition beryllium sped up truthful that the deceased household gets the compensation arsenic soon arsenic possible. This incidental is unfortunate and I person spoken to the wood section authoritative arsenic good to instrumentality precautionary measures to curb specified incidents,” Mr. Pandey said portion speaking to the reporters astatine the village.
Last month, 1 antheral elephant has killed 20 radical successful the Chaibasa and Kolhan Forest areas of West Singhbhum territory successful Jharkhand.
