Female elephant dies due to the current in Badbil, three accused arrested - the death of the elephant in Keonjhar om fence leads to tragedy

Updated: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 02:53 am (IST) A female elephant died of illegal fence in Keonjhar, Odisha, in which three people were arrested. The accused sat electrical wires to save the crop. The forest division will offer awareness programs as the deaths of elephants in the area increase. According to experts, they come to the countries due to the obstruction of elephants, which increases such incidents. Dialogues, Badbil. The body of a ten -year -old female elephant was found on Tuesday at the Ranibeda knock of the Bimala division under the Kejhar district of the Kejhar district in Odisha. The preliminary investigation found that the cause of the elephant’s death is aware of illegal fencing of the sun. Isolators were also recovered from the place. Three accused In this case, Ganeshwar Juang, Indra Juang and Gokul Juang were detained. During interrogation, the accused acknowledged the crime. Remove the ad, just read the news, for the safety of the crop, the GI thread is installed, the fence Gokul Juang said that for the safety of the crop a five kg GI wire was bought by a fence for Rs 1800 and Lt stream was used from his home. Upon receipt of the information, district forest officer Dhanraj HD, executive, TPNODL, SDO, JE, JTF members Si Sudhakar Singh and RCCF Rourkela P. Ramaswamy visited. Investigation clearly found that the accused had removed the wires after the incident and decided not to inform anyone. After being arrested, a recreation of the crime scene was also done from the accused. The awareness program will be offered for the protection of elephants and other wildlife, DFO Dhanraj HD said that the problem of damage to elephants in various forest divisions of the Keonjhar district becomes severe. For this reason, villagers try to protect through fences with illegal electricity stream, which is very dangerous. Because of this negligence, not only wildlife, but people can also be victims of death. He said that an extensive awareness campaign will be carried out in the coming days for the preservation of elephants and other wildlife and the process of registering registered solar fence will be continued, so that such incidents do not occur in the future. The death of more than five elephants in four years due to the stream is not the first incident. In the last few years, the death of elephants in Keonjhar and the nearby districts has continued. In the year 2022, two elephants died due to the current fence of the sun. In 2023, two elephants of one herd were killed on the border of Kejhar and Sundargarh. In March this year, the elephant died at the present under Baripada series. These ongoing incidents have questioned the seriousness of the preservation of wildlife. Experts believe that such incidents are declining repeatedly due to the natural route of elephants that are disrupted and moving to village shells in search of food. Although there is a need to increase monitoring at the departmental level, awareness and alternative solutions among residents may be a permanent path.