Two villagers killed by wild elephants in 24 hours in Hazaribagh
Mahavir Saw and Saraswati Mosomat were trampled to death in two separate incidents that took place in Daru and Tatijharia blocks
A herd of 24 wild elephants killed an elderly man and a woman in two separate incidents in the Daru and Tatijharia blocks of Hazaribagh, over Wednesday night and Thursday afternoon.
The first incident took place when the herd killed a 70-year-old Mahavir Saw in Chirwa village when he went out to see if his crops were damaged by the elephants.
According to villagers, the herd had created a reign of terror among them over the last four days, damaging houses and crops. On Wednesday, it ventured into Chirwa when Saw went to check on his crops, unaware about the elephants’ presence. His body was later sent to the Hazaribagh Medical College for postmortem.