Overview

• On July 23, a female elephant and her calf entered Gosaidih and Mohanpur villages in Raigarh district, killing three villagers including three-year-old Satyam Rawat.
• Both attacks unfolded within the Lailunga forest range under the Dharamjaigarh forest division.
• Forest department personnel recovered the victims’ bodies and distributed ₹25,000 in immediate aid to each bereaved family.
• Special teams are tracking the elephants’ movements and issuing alerts to nearby villages to prevent further fatalities.
• Northern Chhattisgarh has recorded over 320 fatalities from human–elephant conflicts in the past five years, prompting similar mitigation and compensation schemes across central and eastern India.