Overview
- In Ganjam, Odisha, a lone tusker killed Urmila Rout and Gopinath Pradhan in Jalameripalli while they worked in a field early on February 22.
- Forest officials said the elephant crossed the Ghodahada river before the attack and is being actively tracked across the Chandragiri and Digapahandi ranges.
- The Odisha administration announced ₹1 lakh as immediate relief to each bereaved family with ₹9 lakh to follow after formalities, plus ₹30,000 from the Red Cross, as police logged unnatural death cases and conducted postmortems in Berhampur.
- In Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka, farmworker Boramma was killed near Balehonnur on February 22, leading to a bandh in Sringeri, N.R. Pura and Koppa and protests joined by opposition leaders.
- Karnataka police reported at least 10 officers injured during stone pelting, booked 29 protesters on multiple charges, and faced demands for permanent mitigation and ₹50 lakh compensation to the victim’s family.