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Indian Express
24-07-2025
- Indian Express
Teams fan out to track elephant and calf that trampled 3, including toddler, to death
Two elephants including a calf trampled three persons to death, including a three-year-old boy, in two adjacent villages in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district on Wednesday. Both incidents occurred in the Lailunga forest range under the Dharamjaigarh forest division. The elephants entered Gosadih village at around 2 am and trampled the three-year-old, Satyam Rawat, to death. At the time, Rawat was sleeping outside the hut and his parents had gone inside to get something. The elephants then strode to Mohanpur village and trampled Santara Bai Rathiya (46) and Purushottam Khadia (48). While Purushottam got stuck under the debris of his home, which was destroyed by the elephants, Santara got stuck in the mud outside the house and got trampled. Jitendra Upadhyay, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Dharamjaigarh told The Indian Express, 'One of the elephants is a female and the other is her calf. They are loners. There are a few more loners moving around and we have made special teams to monitor their movement 24/7 to ensure they do not cause further harm to villagers.' An immediate aid of Rs 25,000 was provided to the kin of each of the deceased, he said. Upadhyay said that the sarpanch of the village was also alerted around 9 pm on Tuesday of the elephant's movement in advance. The officer also said that efforts are being made to find out if the same elephant had trampled another person to death earlier this month. Over the past ten years, northern Chhattisgarh has witnessed a surge in human-elephant conflicts, with several incidents reported, according to the Forest Department officials. According to the officials, these clashes have claimed over 320 lives in the last five years alone. Similar incidents have emerged in recent years across central Chhattisgarh, particularly in the districts of Surguja, Raigarh, Korba, Surajpur, and Balrampur, raising concerns about escalating human-wildlife tensions.– With PTI inputs
News18
23-07-2025
- News18
Wild elephants trample three persons to death in Chhattisgarh
Raigarh, Jul 23 (PTI) Two elephants went on the rampage and trampled three individuals, including a three-year-old boy, to death at two places in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh, officials said on Wednesday. A female elephant and her calf destroyed a few houses in Gosaidih village in Anglikala area on Tuesday night and trampled three-year-old Satyam Rawat to death. The two jumbos then strode to Mohanpur village and attacked Santara Bai Rathiya (46) and Purushottam Khadia (48), leading to their death, said Jitendra Upadhyay, Divisional Forest Officer of Dharamjaigarh. Both incidents occurred in the Lailunga forest range under the Dharamjaigarh forest division. He said forest department personnel rushed to the spots and shifted the bodies. An immediate aid of Rs 25,000 has been provided to the kin of each of the deceased, the official said. Teams of forest personnel are closely monitoring the movement of elephants and alerting locals. Several incidents of human-elephant conflicts have been reported in the last ten years in the northern region of Chhattisgarh. According to Forest Department officials, more than 320 people were killed in such incidents over the last five years. Similar incidents have been reported in some districts of the central region in the last few years, particularly in Surguja, Raigarh, Korba, Surajpur and Balrampur. PTI Cor TKP NSK view comments First Published: July 23, 2025, 17:00 IST Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
