In just one and a half month of time, wild tuskers have killed six persons in different parts of the district.
According to the District Forest Officer Ram Prit Maur, a team comprising experts from the national park as well as eight staffers from the district forest office has launched a hunt for the tuskers from early Monday morning. [break]
“The team is fully armed and they will be using tranquilizer darts to capture the tuskers,” said Maur. “It is not easy to trace them because these animals prowl at night and they easily lurk behind the sugarcane grooves during the day,” added Maur.
Meanwhile, Superintendent of Police Rabindra Bahadur Dhanuk has informed that another team including forest officials and policemen has also been deployed to trace the killer tuskers.
Only on Sunday morning, two locals including a child were trampled to death by a wild tusker at ward number 1 of Haripur VDC. Most of the locals were sleeping outside their homes when the tusker barged into Jutpani village from nearby forest and started attacking them. The deceased have been identified as two-year-old Harimaya Mahato and 30-year-old Upendra Mahato. Both had died on the spot.
Sarlahi District Administration Office has decided to give a compensation of Rs 300 thousand each to the families of the victims.
“An emergency meeting was held after the latest incident. During the meeting, we decided to strengthen security measures to prevent the attacks, broadcast self prevention measures to the locals through FM stations, and deploy experts to track down the wild tuskers,” said Sarlahi Chief District Officer, Dinesh Ghimire.
“We have informed the locals to refrain from traveling during the evening hours and stay at their houses at night as these tuskers have been found active mostly at nights,” said spokeperson of Sarlahi District Police Office, Bhuwaneshowr Sah.
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