Overview
- Forest authorities say more than 100 personnel are tracking the animal after multiple failed attempts to tranquilize it.
- The elephant, described as having a single tusk, has largely attacked at night, often targeting people sleeping in fields or outside homes.
- Officials report the animal’s movements are erratic and fast, covering roughly 30 km a day, with the latest sightings near Chaibasa in West Singhbhum.
- Residents have been placed on high alert with warnings to avoid forest areas after dark, and many villagers are sleeping on rooftops out of fear.
- Victims include families and children, and officials link the surge in dangerous encounters to shrinking habitat and disrupted migratory corridors.