Overview
- A herd entered Gondwar village in Hazaribagh overnight and killed six people, including four from one family, with children among the victims, officials said.
- Hours later, a woman was trampled in an adjoining Ramgarh division village, with officials linking the incident to the same herd and putting the 10‑day toll tied to it at about a dozen deaths.
- Forest officials report a group of five elephants moving rapidly across Bokaro, Ramgarh and Hazaribagh, with behaviour described as aggressive or erratic.
- State and forest authorities have deployed dozens of teams, called in expert handlers from Bankura, prepared kumki elephants, sought PCCF approval to tranquillise and initiated compensation of ₹4 lakh for each bereaved family.
- During operations, a vehicle carrying an elephant-driving squad collided with a truck on NH‑20 near Charhi, killing two members and injuring 10, police said, identifying the dead as Pintu Modi and Shahadat Hussain.