A herd of about 25 jumbos are on rampage in different villages of Churchu block of district Saturday night. They damaged the houses of Bimal Oraon, Bajo Mehto, Ramdhani Mehto Md. Islam in the Lasod and Khandarwa villages. Firstly, they broke the boundaries of three houses of Jamaluddin, Kalimuddin, Devraj Mehto and ate the food grains, Mahua and wheat.
The herd of jumbos has started creating panic among the villagers and started to damage the crops in the field of villagers of the Lasod and Khandarwa villagers in the acres of land. When the villagers started making noise and using crackers to move them away from the village but it provoked the jumbos.
Angry herd started to chase the villagers and entered the village. Some of the villagers saved their lives and reached the roof of the Pucca houses in the village. After some time the herd of jumbos rushed to the way of other villages but on the way they again damaged the whole crops of the fields.
The herd of jumbos was seen on Monday night. They damaged the crops in the field and some houses. When Jumbos crossed the Hazaribag- Chatra road, the people stopped themselves and vehicles half kilometer away from the herd of jumbos. The herd of jumbos then rushed towards the Hazaribag- Chatra border on Tuesday night. The villagers are scared and are appending sleepless nights.
On Sunday morning the deputy Mukhiya Shadev Kisku reached there with Zila Parishad member Agneshiya Saandi and inspected the damaged crops and destroyed houses.
The villagers told them that we have informed the forest department by phone, but no one has turned up on spot.
The deputy mukhiya of the panchayat and zila parishad member have assured the villagers that we will meet with the forest officer and demand for the proper compensations of their damages from the forest department.