Terror Halted! Musth Elephant Finally Killed by IRBn & Police Jawans Port Blair, Aug. 4: ‘Sanjeev Pradad’, the elephant that became a terror to the residents of North Andaman after it went Musth was today killed by the IRBn and Police Jawans at Mohanpur No. 8. The elephant was killed at around 10.00 am in which the IRBn and Police Jawans had several rounds of bullets to bring the animal to a permanent halt. According to sources, the elephant was sighted at Mohanpur No. 8, behind the school after which the shooting took place. Sources also inform that an expert team from Periyar Tiger Reserve, Thekaddy, Kerala had also reached the location where the elephant had been causing panic. A team of A&N Forest Department too had reached the spot to ensure that the animal is tranquilized and brought under control. Earlier the elephant had killed a Forester of A&N Forest Department, who had been sent to bring the animal under control. In spite of all efforts to bring the animal under control, the news of the Musth elephant being ruthlessly killed had sent shock waves among animal lovers, who have condemned the killing. Meanwhile, the Andaman Nicobar Command in a communication today said that for the past few days civilian population in and around Mayabunder had been tormented by a rogue elephant, which had inflicted human casualties and had effectively stopped the flow of traffic on the road from Mayabunder to Diglipur. On 1st August, an urgent request was received at HQ ANC from the A& N Administration to launch a helicopter to clear the road and populated areas. On receiving the request, a MI-17 V5 helicopter of Flying Dolphins stationed at Port Blair was launched at short notice. The helicopter captained by Sqn Ldr Vivek Mohan and Flt Lt Abhishek Singh, Sgt Vikash and Sgt Sunny Gupta as crew, with a crack team of snipers from 23 RAJPUT led by Sub Ram Avtar Singh and forest officials was airborne within an hour of the requisition being received. After a quick co-ordination meeting with State authorities at Mayabunder, the crew carried out an extensive search of the area between Panighat and Mohanpur. During the surveillance of the affected area, which lasted more than one hour and fifteen minutes, the entire area was searched thoroughly for presence of the elephant. On ascertaining that the roads, fields and the populated areas were clear of any danger from the tusker, the aircraft landed back at Mayabunder. It was brought out by the forest officials that the noise of the helicopter had driven the elephant deep into the forest.
Posted on: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 17:39:06 +0000
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