Tag: Elephant Attack

Keonjhar: He is famous for facing wild elephants with just a stick in his hand. Naresh Mahant is the person sought by villagers in Champua forest range of Keonjhar district during jumbo rampages. Naresh is the one man army to rely upon during crises for people in various villages near Kaliprasad forest under Champua range […]

Bhubaneswar: An elephant reportedly went on a wild rampage on Saturday killing one buffalo and injuring five others here at Patharagadia village near Chandaka forest range in the Capital City. According to a local, Benudhar Behera, the incident occurred late on Saturday night when he was resting in his house. In the moonlight, the villager […]

Keonjhar: A herd of 53 elephants from Jharkhand are on a damaging spree in Patala village near Kaliprasad forest under Champua range in Keonjhar district. The jumbos have so far destroyed three houses apart from damaging paddy and maize crops fields in the area. People are in panic over the persistent elephant menace in the […]

Rourkela: Posing for a selfie with an elephant turned fatal for a youth after he was trampled by the pachyderm at Mandiakudar under Rajgangpur police limits. According to sources the deceased youth identified as Ashok Bharati was taking a close-up photo near a herd of elephant in Mandiakudar when one of the jumbos suddenly chased […]

Dhenkanal: A woman was killed in an elephant attack at Kankadasoda village under Mahabirod forest range in Dhenkanal district this morning. The deceased was identified as Uma Gadnayak. When she tried to run away after seeing the pachyderm damaging a house, the wild animal chased and trampled her. Critically-injured Gadnayak was admitted to the Mandapala […]

Sundergarh /Keonjhar: Elephant menace gripped some parts of Sundergarh and Keonjhar today while injuring a woman and damaging house and property. In Sundergarh, a herd of stray elephants went on a rampage in Ganighasa village under Kuliposh Forest Range under Bonai Sub Division and injured a woman. Sources said the herd which had wandered away […]

Rourkela/Rairangpur: One child was killed and another critically injured in an elephant attack at Jhirpani village under Banki forest range of Sundergarh district last night. A herd of 30-40 elephants have also destroyed nearly 10 houses in the village. Similarly, another herd of 19 elephants which was spotted near Jharadihi village under Bahalda Tehsil of […]

Dhenkanal: Two persons lost their lives in an elephant attack at Icchabatipur village in Aanlabereni Section under Kamakhyanagar West Range of Dhenkanal Forest Division at 4.30 am today. One among the deceased, Surendra Nayak, is a priest of the village temple and the other was identified as Babita Behera. While Nayak was trampled by the […]

Dhenkanal: Selfie mania turned dangerous as a man got seriously injured after being attacked by a wild tusker while capturing a picture in Dhenkanal district today. As per sources, a herd of wild jumbos had wreaked panic in Masania village under Khadagprasad gram panchayat for the last two days. Despite the threat, a local identified […]

Angul/Sundargarh/Rayagada: Three persons including a 7-year-old lost their lives and three others were injured due to elephant attacks in different parts of Odisha today. An elderly man, identified as Sundur Dehuri of Basantpur village under Chhendipada police limits of Angul district was trampled to death by a wild elephant this morning while going to a […]

Bhubaneswar: A heard of seven elephants have sneaked into Narayanpur range in Gajapati district causing worry among the locals. As per reports, the heard has been moving in Burujhuli, Badakuturi, Sanakuturi, Jemadeipur, Wailpadu, Adangi, Lalusahi and Landasahi villages in the range owing to which the villagers are living in a constant state of fear. The […]

Keonjhar: A 75-year-old man was trampled to death by a tusker at Jhaliabeda village under Baria police limits in Keonjhar district today. The deceased was identified as Kirtan Mohanty. Sources said, the tusker attacked Kirtan when he was going to his agricultural field. Irate over the incident, locals staged a road blockade on the Champua- Turumunga road […]

Bargarh: In a saddening incident, a youth was killed in an attack by a wild pachyderm in Chhindrapali village under Gaisilat  block of Bargarh while trying to save younger brother from being trampled by the animal on Friday. Trilochan Bariha along with two siblings, Sahido and Gajendra, who had gone to the nearby Mahadasani forest […]

Athagarh: Seven Forest staff were injured, one of them seriously when an injured elephant attacked them inside Sukasana forest under Athagarh Forest Range in Cuttack district this afternoon. According to reports, the Forest staff had found a limping elephant inside Athagarh Forest Range five days ago as an abandoned tyre got stuck on its front […]

Angul/Tangi: Panic gripped in Satkosia area of Angul and Tangi in Khurda after two persons including a Forest department staff faced elephant fury at two different places of the State this morning. While a resident of Tuluka village in the Satkosia sanctuary was trampled to death by an elephant, an employee of the Forest Department, […]