Ten elephants have died within the Reserve inside three days. (Representational picture)
Bhopal:
An aged man was killed in an assault by wild elephants on Saturday exterior the buffer zone of the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve (BTR) in Madhya Pradesh, the place 10 jumbos died in three days this week, an official mentioned.
The deceased was recognized as Ramratan Yadav (65), he mentioned.
“The wild elephants trampled him to demise when he went to reply nature’s name exterior the reserve early this morning,” the BTR official mentioned.
The incident happened in Devra village, Umaria Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Vivek Singh instructed PTI over telephone.
Ten elephants have died within the BTR in a span of three days earlier this week. On Tuesday, 4 wild elephants have been discovered lifeless in Sankhani and Bakeli below Khitoli vary of the reserve (BTR), whereas 4 died on Wednesday and two on Thursday.
Solely three elephants, out of the 13-member herd, are alive now, officers have mentioned earlier.
When requested whether or not the person was killed by the remaining three pachyderms, the official mentioned it was exhausting to determine their id.
It should solely be identified after investigation, he added.
One other floor responsibility official of the BTR mentioned the three remaining jumbos from the herd have been seen transferring in the direction of the forest space in Katni district.
“This motion is uncommon because it had by no means been discovered previously within the BTR,” the forest official mentioned.
The BTR is unfold throughout Umaria and Katni districts in jap Madhya Pradesh.
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