A wild jumbo, which had entered the Nandankanan Zoological Park’s elephant safari by breaking its boundary wall in the wee hours of Wednesday, entered the zoo again on early Friday morning.
The pachyderm belongs to the Chandaka Elephant Sanctuary, said zoo official sources.
After entering into the safari which houses three elephants—Prema, Basanti and Hira — the jumbo had created disturbance by attacking the inmates. It attacked female elephant Basanti repeatedly in the safari, said a zoo staff. The zoo authorities have started an operation to disperse the wild intruder. To keep an eye on the elephant, zoo employees were deployed at the safari.
Zoo sources said the wild elephant would be dispersed by evening to ensure visitors’ safety in the zoo. In the worst case, the animal would be tranquilised by the zoo staff to shift it. sources said.
Notably, a wild elephant had trampled a woman to death at Chunakoli Basti under the Chandrasekharpur police station in the city recently.