A wild bear was killed by an enraged mob of Raibania of the Jaleswar area after it injured as many about 10 villagers by sneaking into Kanakeichapala village of Chamaragaon GP in the morning on Tuesday.
locals believed that the bear came from the neighbouring Nayagram forest in West Bengal. However he villagers alleged that the bear had to be killed as the forest department didn’t take timely action to save people from its attack.
While three of the injured are admitted at the Hathigarh PHC and two at the Jaleswar Hospital, three others, Ajay Rout (66) Gajendra Jena (62) and Ranjit Rana (46) of the locality are undergoing treatment at the District Headquarters Hospital here.
“The bear was killed by a mob comprising over 2,000 people. They didn’t allow us to operate,” informed local DFO Kedar Swain.