Ranchi

Jumbos create panic in different blocks of Hazaribag

Shailesh Sharma

Two jumbos who had been separated from the group of 12 jumbos have created panic in different blocks of the district for four days continuously. They entered in the village and destroyed the crops and boundary wall of the houses and ate the food grains, which was kept in the house.

A gap of about 6-7 months the two jumbos entered in Hazaribag on Thursday. Firstly they entered the villages of Ichak block and destroyed the houses of the villagers. The villagers woke up and both the jumbos ran away towards the jungle.

Next day both the jumbos entered Kandsaar village of Katkamsandi block. Both the jumbos first destroyed a poultry farm and ate the food of chicken and destroyed a motorcycle also. They also damaged the crops of Saryu Singh, Mudrika Singh and Sunil Singh in the field. On Saturday night both the jumbos entered in the Barkagaon block.

Both the jumbos Majhalidadhi resident Jiyu Mehto, Khirodhar Mehto destroyed the houses. They reached the NTPC project area. The jumbos reached the villagers of Singhuari, Sonbarasa, Chepakala, and later went towards Chatra district.

In the villages the herd destroyed the building of primary school and ate all the food grains stored there for midday meal. The villagers informed to forest department regarding the entry of jumbos. ACF of department Uday Chandra Jha told that form the jungle of Sikari. From there they will be towards to the Ranchi.