Elephant falls in well in Ramgarh, forest department rescues after five hours long operation

Ramgarh, Dec 10 (UNI) An elephant, who had accidentally fallen inside a well located at Ghosi
village under Ghato Police Station area of this district, was rescued after five hours long efforts
of the forest department here today.

Officials of the forest department said, the elephant had fallen into the 30-feet deep well
yesterday night itself and it was the villagers who alerted the forest department after which
today in the morning a JCB machine was pressed into service through which the staff of the
forest department dug up the ground to create additional space which enabled the animal to
come out who later sped towards the forest.

The villagers said, last night a group of 13 elephants had entered into the area. As they tried to
scare the animals with torch light the elephants attacked them and reached into a potato field
during which one of the elephants fell into the well which had been dough up in the field for
irrigation.
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