Five forest dept teams in Saranda to rescue wounded jumbo
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Jamshedpur: Forest officials on Thursday pressed five teams to attend to a six-year-old wounded elephant that was sighted in Maoist-hit Saranda forest division of West Singhbhum.
Divisional forest officer (DFO) Aviroop Sinha said, "The elephant sustained an injury to its left leg and is experiencing difficulty walking. Teams are at the spot to rescue the elephant, examine the cause of the wound and administer treatment to it. A team from Odisha has also reached the area."
A few locals claimed that the injury could be due to an IED blast.
Refuting these claims, the DFO added, "Prima facie, there isn't any concrete evidence to conclude that the would is the result of an IED blast. The elephant got injured probably on June 28. It walked into our jurisdiction on Wednesday."
Earlier, Saranda forest officials deployed a drone to locate the elephant. The elephant was spotted pouring water on the wound while standing in the waterlogged field in the Digha area of the forest, he added.
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