Woman was violently mauled to death by an elephant in Kuanrmunda range of Rourkela forest

In a gruesome incident, a woman was violently mauled to death by an elephant in Kuanrmunda range of Rourkela Forest Division (RFD) in Sundargarh district on the wee hours of Monday. With this, the total human casualties in elephant raids within the RFD limits rose to seven in as many months.

As per reports, the house of victim Basumati Badaik (45), located at a secluded area of
Bijubandh village, was attacked by two elephants at about 2 am. As Basumati ran for life,
she was caught by an elephant. Her body was badly mutilated before being ripped into
four pieces. Confirming the incident, Rourkela Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Sanjeet Kumar said
when the two elephants were attacking Basumati’s abode, three other jumbos were raiding a nearby house where Forest staff were present to ensure safe passage for its occupants.

He informed that all the five elephants have holed up in the nearby Brahmani Tarang Reserve Forest. The DFO said an additional mobile unit has been deployed to track the movements of the five elephants. Kumar admitted that in recent times, the elephants are increasingly showing a change of behaviour and turning violent .

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