RANCHI: Osama Bin Laden, the name given to a rampaging tusker, has killed 10 people in the last nine days in the villages of Jharkhand, and an exasperated administration has now issued a "death warrant" against this terror.
The tusker was christened 'Laden' by villagers soon after it crossed over from Purulia, West Bengal, on May 21 after trampling five persons there. Since the day it entered Jharkhand from Bokaro via Beldih bordering Bengal, it has sent to death 10 and injured 22 people.
On Friday, when it was trapped in the forests of Bokaro in the midst of hundreds of vindictive villagers pelting stones, the angry elephant again smashed one of his tormenters.
Left without option, Jharkhand chief wildlife warden A K Singh on Friday declared the elephant "rogue", paving the way for its execution which has been the demand of foresters both in Bengal and Jharkhand.
Left without option, Jharkhand chief wildlife warden A K Singh on Friday declared the elephant "rogue", paving the way for its execution which has been the demand of foresters both in Bengal and Jharkhand.
"West Bengal government has now declared the elephant 'rogue' and its hunters are out to kill it but since the tusker is now in Jharkhand, I have declared it a rogue too and the DFO, Bokaro, will now decide how to work out its execution," said Singh.
Villagers of Bokaro had written a letter to the DFO urging him to have the elephant killed to prevent further destruction. The right to declare an elephant "rogue" vests with the chief wildlife warden.
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