A herd of 18 jumbos created panic in Naxal affected villages of Ichak block in Hazaribagh district on Wednesday night.The elephants damaged about a dozen houses of lundru villages. Officials and staffs of Forest department are trying hard to pull the herd out of their area with the help of villagers but the jumbos are still roaming in the area.
Two days before the villagers have seen a group of 18 jumbos along with three kids in the forest areas of Ichak block of Hazaribagh. On Wednesday night, the herd entered into lundru village and created havoc.They destroyed the houses of villagers named Asma Khatoon, Mehru Mehto, Mansoor Miyan, Umesh Paswan, Md. Mustikim, Md. Abrahim, AmritGanjhu, BanwariGanjhu, BhodraGanjhu, Butni Devi, Savitri Devi and ate the food grains stored in their houses.
On Thursday, BDO Ram Gopal Pandey and CO Dwarika Baitha went there and distributed 30 kg of rice and wheat among the affected families. They have also given the assurance to Asma Khatoon to allot an Indira Awas and a borewell.MlA of Barkhatha Janki Yadav visited lundru village and assured the villagers to provide the maximum help from the forest department. Hazaribagh Deputy Commissioner Mukesh Kumar said that they were ready to provide all possible help to the affected villagers from the district administration.