Overview

• The victims were 31-year-old Manoj Das, his 63-year-old mother Makhanrani Das and his one-month-old daughter Manisha Das, all killed on May 31.
• A senior forest officer said the elephant strayed from Jaldapara National Park into the Kunjanagar area before trampling and thrashing the family.
• Local residents blocked the Falakata-Kunjanagar Road for several hours demanding that the forest department implement stronger measures against elephant depredations.
• The forest department plans to form rapid response squads involving villagers to ward off wild elephants and has advised people to keep a safe distance.
• The attack underscores a broader human-elephant conflict across India, prompting a Rs47 crore mitigation plan in Madhya Pradesh and similar steps in other states