Wild elephants created havoc in Khuri village under the Chiniya police station on Thursday night. According to the villagers, about a dozen elephants reached the village and started creating havoc. In the same sequence, they broke the house of a villager Radheshyam Paswan and destroyed the grains, corn, Mahua, utensils and other items kept in his house. Victim family said that a dozen wild elephants reached the village at around 12 o'clock on Thursday night. The elephants broke their house and started eating the grains. The whole family got scared by that. People saved their lives by climbing on the roof of the mud house. In this regard, Forest Officer Animesh Kumar said that information has been received about the house being destroyed by wild elephants. The damage is being assessed. As per government provisions, the victim family will be given compensation.
It is known that for the last one year, about a dozen herds of wild elephants have been roaming in this police station area. They are reaching the villages and causing huge losses to the farmers. A large amount of crops in the fields have been destroyed so far by wild elephants.
