Overview
- Officials said a pack of four to five stray dogs breached a deer enclosure at Sanjay Van Vatika in Ambikapur on the night between Friday and Saturday.
- Fourteen deer died in the attack and one critically injured animal succumbed the next day, with deaths attributed to dog bites.
- The facility is run by the forest department and is open to visitors, raising questions over enclosure security and management.
- Chief Conservator Dilraj Prabhakar suspended Deputy Ranger Ashok Sinha and forest staff Mamta Porte, Pratima Lakra and Bindu Singh for alleged negligence, and issued a notice to Ranger Akshapalak Rishi to reply within five days.
- Postmortems were completed and carcasses were disposed of by burning, and officials said the inquiry led by the Sub-Divisional Officer (Forest), Ambikapur, is underway.