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Elephant attacks villager near Lalkuan

Thursday, 08 June 2023 | PNS | DEHRADUN

In latest Uttarakhand news, a villager was seriously injured as a wild elephant attacked him late at night near Bindukhatta near Lalkuan. The villagers rushed the injured to a hospital. It is learnt that the injured, identified as Kedar Pathak, is a resident of Sanjay Nagar-2 in Bindukhatta. When he was cycling back home after doing duty at Lalkuan Paper Mill at around quarter past 10 in the night the wild elephant attacked him at Sanjay Nagar-1. As Kedar screamed, the villagers rushed in and took him to a hospital in Haldwani. DFO Gaula range Chandan Singh Adhikari said that on receiving the news of a villager being attacked by a wild elephant, he sent a forest team to learn details of the incident. He further said that the forest department has intensified vigilance in the area and asked the villagers to be alert.

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