Mahasamund (Chhattisgarh):Two elephants have been electrocuted after the poachers set up loose wires with an 11 KV power line near the Kodar reservoir. The elephant patrol team rushed to the spot when they were informed that elephants were spotted in the area three days ago. The forest staff from Raipur and Mahasamund rushed to the spot and also called the veterinary doctors at around 11 pm on Saturday. The carcasses of the tuskers were sent for post-mortem and will be cremated, said an official of the forest department.
On December 28, another elephant was electrocuted after it came in contact with a live electric cable on a farm near Kurdeg village of Bagicha forest range in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur district. A villager, Ravi Nagvanshi, said, "I came to know that a herd of elephants was roaming around the village and they were damaging crops in the area for the last two to three days." He then found an elephant dead in the field. Later, the villagers informed the forest department about the incident.