An elephant herd comprising about 20 to 24 elephants including babies damaged houses of several villagers in search of grains at Raja bandh village under Hariharpur police station on late Friday night.
Houses built either with mud or cement were damaged by the herd that entered the village around 8 Pm on Friday and remained there for hours till a team of forest authorities reached spot and dragged them towards forest of Parasnath range with the help of torches.
Deochand Rai who lost a major portion of his mud based house said that they damaged the house and ate all grains that were stored in the house .
Aminuddin Ansari, an Imam of local madarsa said , the boundary wall and toilet was damaged by the herd.
Houses and standing crops of corn and vegetables of several other villagers too were damaged.
The team of forest authorities was informed by pramukh Anand Mahto ..Forest authorities have assured competition as per government guidelines after assessment of damages .