Tag: Bear Attack

Following the horrifying incident, the villagers got angry and killed the animal. 

A wild bear sneaked into the human habitation in Phurasunda village under Sinapali block in Nuapada district.

Balasore/Keonjhar: Two persons sustained grievous injuries in separate bear attack incidents across the State. One of the injured has been identified as Jayaram Singh of Rangapur village of Jamudiha panchayat in Balasore. As per reports, when Singh accompanied by his brother had gone to the nearby forest to attend nature’s call, a bear attacked them. […]

Keonjhar: A man was allegedly killed by a bear in Ghatagaon of Keonjhar district today. The deceased has been identified as Rajan Juanga. According to reports, Rajan had gone to a forest near Gayalamunda village to collect firewood during which he was allegedly attacked by a bear. Ranjan had sustained severe injuries leading to his […]

Angul: Adding to the number of bear attack cases in the state, one person sustained critical injuries after being attacked by a bear near Athmallik forest in Angul district on Tuesday. According to sources, one Niladri Nayak, a resident of Sanrohila village, was attacked by a bear while going to the farmlands to do his […]

Nuapada: Two persons were critically injured in a bear attack in Komna block of Nuapada. The injured have been identified as Jadu Biswal and Binash Kumar Niyal. According to sources, both Jadu and Binash had gone to the forest to attend nature’s call when they were attacked by a bear. Initially, the injured were admitted […]

Champua: Human-bear conflict has assumed grave proportions in Odisha after five more persons were injured by a bear which strayed into human habitation in Keonjhar district today. Five villagers of Rajabasa, Siriabahala and Hundula under Balibandha forest beat were attacked by a bear while they had gone outside to attend nature’s call, said sources. The […]

Jajpur: A wild sloth bear strayed into a human settlement in Jajpur Road area today spreading chaos and panic among locals. According to sources, the bear is suspected to have strayed into the area from nearby Mahagiri forests in the wee hours of today. Locals who first spotted the bear tried to ward off the […]

Nabarangpur: An ex gratia of Rs 4 lakh was announced for the family of the man, who was mauled to death by a sloth bear near a village forest at Pharsaguda under Kodinga panchayat in the district on May 2. Besides, the family received Rs 40,000  from forest department, Rs 10,000 from Red Cross fund, […]

Nabarangpur: A man was mauled to death by a sloth bear near a village forest at Pharsaguda under Kodinga GP in the district on Wednesday. Sources said one Prabhu Bhatra, a truck driver of Daleiguda in Papadahandi block was dragged away by a sloth bear while he was attending nature’s call after getting down from […]

Keonjhar: Tension ran high at Bhalupahadi Sahi in Khadiadiha village in Keonjhar district after three persons were killed and seven others, including two forest officials, sustained injuries in a bear attack Monday morning. Infuriated, the villagers beat the bear to death. While one of the deceased has been identified as Naba Kishore Nayak, a forest […]

Balasore: Two persons were grievously injured in two separate wild bear attacks in Balasore district on Friday. The first incident occurred in Bania village under Mahinsapata panchayat when a local was going to nearby field for agriculture work. Suddenly he was attacked by a wild bear from behind. The injured was identified as Bhaskar Singh. […]

Kalahandi: An elderly woman was killed after a wild bear attacked her here in Didingi forest of Kalahandi district on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Dhanu Gouda of Kucheijor village under Narla police limits of the district. According to reports, the incident occurred when the victim had gone to the nearby Didingi forest to […]

Mayurbhanj:  Two people were injured, one of them critically, in a wild bear attack in Chririlapi village under Badampahad Range of Mayurbhanj District in the wee hours today. According to reports, the injured, Kaate Phingua and Chaare Phingua, residents of the same village were attacked by a wild bear when they went to a nearby […]

Bolangir: There has been a rise in incidents of wild animals straying into human settlements as four such cases have been reported from Bolangir district in the last two months. Today, two persons at Raksimunda village under Puintala police limits were injured in a bear attack. On May 12 a bear had entered Bichuali village […]