A herd of elephants once again created a ruckus on the late night of January 28 at Bhitiya village of Barki Sidhawara Panchayat in the foothills of Jhumra under Gomia block headquarters.about 90 km from Bokaro headquarters.
Sources said that a group of elephants trampled the crops in the fields, including demolishing the houses of Triloki Mahato and Mahesh Mahato. Wild animals have also created a ruckus for the fourth time within a month. While both the families escaped and saved their lives.
Local villagers told that the number of elephants was around 20-22. Villagers Manoj Mahto, Vinod Mahto, Rajendra Mahto, Kailash Mahto, Tekochand, Hulas, Jivadhan, Chetlal, Thal, Niranjan, Ranjit, Suraj, Dineshwar and Raju Mahto kept driving away the elephants throughout the night, but the elephants did not run away. In the morning everyone ran to the forest
Triloki Mahato, a victim, told that a loud sound was heard while sleeping in the house at night. On walking up, seeing the elephants made noise.
The people of the village gathered on hearing their voice. Drums were played to drive the elephants away, yet the elephant did not run.
In the night itself, the villagers informed the Forest Department and former minister Madhav Lal Singh.
The former minister said that he tried to contact the forest department official, but could not be contacted. In the night itself, he talked about sending Mahadev Mahato, a social worker of Chatrochatti, to the nearby villagers to help the villagers. Elephants are not a new thing in this area. Even before this, a herd of elephants had created a ruckus on December,22 and January16, 22.