Elephants destroy 10 homes in Khunti

Khunti: A group of elephants created havoc in Sasangbeda village under Arki Police Station area of this district during which they destroyed a total of ten homes and also ate away the food grains which were kept inside.

Locals said that late Saturday night the tuskers entered into the village and destroyed the homes. Somehow the people managed to run away and save their lives. A team of the forest department on Sunday reached at the village and looked into the incident.

The disaster management department has made arrangements in the school. People said that a group of 15 elephants is moving in the area which Saturday night entered into the village and created havoc.

The forest department has distributed firecrackers among the villagers to scare the animals and has asked them to immediately inform the department when they see the wild animals.