In the latest man–animal conflict, as many as five people, including three women, sustained injuries following a male wild boar went on attacking villagers of Bengalis-dominated Kharanashi village under Mahakalpada block.
local Forest Ranger Bijay Parida said a male wild boar strayed into Kharanashi village on early morning of Thursday from nearby protected forest and went on a biting spree. Five persons sustained injuries, including one critically.
The injured, identified as Rukmani Das (18), Janaki Das (60), Sarada Mandal (65), Sudhanshu Das (61) and Kuma Mandal (52), were rushed to Ramnagar CHC for treatment. But one with multiple injuries was shifted to the district headquarters hospital.
later, the locals chased the wild boar and beat it to death. The forest personnel, after getting information from reliable sources, rushed to the spot, seized the carcass lying on Daspada village road and conducted postmortem before burying.