A member of ‘Hathi Mitra Dal (HMD)’ was trampled to death by lone tusker in Kathghora forest division, officials said here on Tuesday.
Nathuram (28) was killed by a lone tusker in Kendai forest range of Kathghora division. Nathuram was a very active person of HMD and had rescued several people who were attacked by wild elephants, forest officials said.
Notably, HMD is a group of locals supported by forest department which keeps track of elephant movement in their respective villages. They not only closely monitor the wild elephant’s movement but act as a link between the department and villagers.
“We will send the proposal for attaching radio satellite collar to the lone tusker so that we could track his live movement. This could be helpful in restricting the pachyderm’s movement towards residential areas,” Jitendra Upadhyay, DFO Kathghora, said.
Forest officials informed that Nathuram along with villagers and department staff was tracking a herd of wild elephants on Monday night, when suddenly a single male elephant who was hiding nearby caught Nathuram and trampled him.