Elephants crush villager, death

Udaipur. An unknown person died due to elephant attack in Patra Para of Udaipur forest range in Surguja district. The body of the person has been recovered in a mutilated condition. The body has been kept in the mortuary of CHC Udaipur. The residents of the houses around the incident site had vacated their houses at night and gone to a safe place. The incident occurred between 11 and 12 midnight. Efforts are being made for identification by informing the nearby villagers.

Let it be known that a group of 9 elephants is camping in the forest area of Udaipur since 11th December. Their violence continues continuously. Till now elephants have destroyed more than a dozen houses. Half a dozen cattle have been killed. Due to lack of adequate fodder in the forest, the elephants are adopting an aggressive attitude and are now destroying the wheat and potato crops in the fields by eating the grains kept in the houses of the villagers. Last two-three days ago, a group of elephants lifted a handcart from its place in Upkapara Mohanpur and threw it, due to which the handcart was shattered, and then caused a lot of damage to the houses and crops and paddy of four farmers of village Jajgi village.