Jharkhand News: Elephant found dead in Palamu Tiger Reserve

THE JHARKHAND STORY NETWORK

Daltonganj, Feb 16: A Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR) patrol team discovered a dead tusker in the Bareysarn Compartment 10, under the South Division. The elephant’s tusks were intact and safe, confirmed Kumar Ashish, Deputy Director of the South Division.

According to Ashish, the elephant died last night after a fight with another tusker. The carcass had six wounds, but none were caused by firearms, he reiterated.

“Elephants often fight each other, and PTR has a history of such incidents. About three or four years ago, a well-known tusker named Kaal Bhairav was killed in a similar fight in the Betla Range of PTR,” he added.

A metal detector scan of the carcass found no traces of foreign objects. The presence of six wounds without exit wounds further ruled out firearm injuries. Ashish explained that firearm wounds typically have two possibilities: either the bullet enters and exits, leaving both entry and exit wounds, or it remains lodged in the body, in which case it would be detected by a metal detector.

“In this case, there is no exit wound, nor was any foreign body found in the carcass,” he confirmed.

A team of veterinarians conducted the post-mortem examination, and the viscera has been preserved for forensic analysis.