A herd of about 22 elephants is on rampage in different villages of Bishnugarh, Tatijhaiya and in Barkatha blocks. They have killed one person of line hotel owner in Barkatha. They have damaged one dozen houses boundary walls and crops in the field in Bishnugarh and Tatijharia blocks
After a gap of about 6-7 months the herd of jumbos has entered Hazaribagh district and has started creating panic among the villagers. Yesterday night the herd entered the Bishnugarh block and damaged the crops and houses boundary wall and ate the food grain, which was kept by the villagers in the houses. The herd of jumbos had crossed the block and reached the Tatijharia block, which was in the war of herds. They damaged the crops in the field.
One of the members separated from the group reached Barkatha block. It saw that one person was sleeping near the road in a line hotel. The jumbo attacked on him and continued till his death.
The name of the person who died is Ghanshyam Yadav. In the village the herd destroyed the building of the primary school and ate all the food grains stored there for midday meal.
The herd has also damaged standing crops of maize and madua in large areas. They have also destroyed the house of Tejan Singh of Chandantungi village. Barkatha MLA Amit Yadav's wife gave 50,000 to the Ghanshyam Yadav family.
Next morning former legislator Barkatha, Janki Yadav, member district board Kumkum Devi, MP representative reached there and demanded compensation. They blocked the GT Road. They demanded the presence of forest officials on spot. The Barhi ranger Kamlesh Kumar Singh stated all incidents by cell phone to the higher officer of the forest department.