Elephant kills man in Rudrapur area

Tribune News Service

Dehradun, October 24

Man elephant conflict continues to rage in Uttarakhand. In two separate incidents, one person was killed while a few others were injured when attacked by elephants. 

In a bizarre incident in Udham Singh Nagar district, a man was trampled to death by an elephant in the Rudrapur area. Victim Ashok was returning to his house after work when he was chased by an elephant, who subsequently trampled him to death.

In another incident in Haridwar district, a forest guard, a police jawan and a home guard jawan were injured by an elephant. The incident happened when an elephant strayed into the BHEL area. On getting know of the elephant’s entry into the habitation, forest guards rushed to the site of the incident and tried to shoo away the animal towards the forest area. A forest guard, Pratap Singh, was also injured by the agitated elephant. Another police jawan, Bhola Ram, who tried to intervene, was also injured by the animal.

After shots were fired into the air, the elephant rushed towards the Vishnulok Colony in Haridwar where it attacked a home guard Jawan, Uday. To make matters worse, some elephants strayed into the Roshanabad area o. Forest guards had to make efforts to force the animals back into the forest.