A tusker, which had strayed into Cuttack city on Monday, has been chased away towards the Dhabaleswar Gada area by forest officials on Tuesday.
A joint team of the forest officials and police had undertaken the operation to drive away the elephant by bursting firecrackers and lighting flames.
Panic had gripped residents of the city after the pachyderm was spotted roaming in the CDA Sector-8 and CDA Sector-9 areas. While vehicular movement was prohibited in the areas to avoid any untoward incident, the locals had been advised to stay indoors and choose alternate roads for communication.