A 45-year-old villager was killed by an elephant on Monday afternoon when he went inside forest area of Mahuatard area in Nawadih forest range of Bokaro district to collect firewood.
According to Officer-in Charge of Pannk-Narayanpur police in charge Ranjit Kumar, the incident took place at 12:30 pm on Monday in forest area of Tetariatard area within limits of Pannk police station.
The deceased identified as Mohan Mahto son of late Meghan Mahto, a resident of Tetariatard tola in Nawadih block, had a routine prac
tice of going inside the
forest area to collect the firewood.
The village of the deceased was situated at the distance of hardly 500 meters from Mahuatard forest range that has presence of nearly 15 to 20 elephants, the Officer in Charge told The Pioneer
It could be possible that the deceased who was hearing impaired had failed to notice the sounds of elephants movement in the forest that time due to his physical disability. His dead body was first seen by a local villagers.
It was established that Mohan Mahto had been knocked with sharp blow by an elephant, said Kumar.
The poor villagers living in surroundings of forest area were entitled to get firewood from jungle for cooking purpose as well as reeds and long grass for making thatched houses, Officer-in charge further added.