Chhattisgarh: Elephant electrocuted in Jashpur; couple held

A wild elephant got electrocuted after coming in contact with an electrified fence at a farm in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur district, a forest official said on Friday. farm owner and his wife have been arrested by forest department, he said. carcass of tusker was recovered from Jhiliberna vill under Tapkara forest range on Friday morning, divisional forest officer (DFO) Srikrishna Jhav said.

As per preliminary investigation, Ranjit Kispotta h allegedly connected barbed-wire fencing around his pdy field next to his house, with a high-powered domestic electricity line to protect his farm from pachyderms, he said. elephant came in contact with fencing and got electrocuted, he said. Forest and police officials rushed to spot and sent carcass for post-mortem, DFO said. A case has been registered in this connection and Kispotta and his wife Anandi were arrested, he said.

Forested areas of rrn Chhattisgarh, comprising Surguja, Korba, Surajpur, Raigarh, Jashpur and Koriya districts, are kwn for human-animal conflicts. region has witnessed several killings of tribals as well as elephants and widespre dam to houses and crops by rogue pachyderms in past years. Last month, six elephants h died in four districts of state due to various reasons, including electrocution, forest officials said.