Elephant injured after stepping on IED in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district

Ranchi: A male elephant sustained injuries on his leg after accidentally stepping on an IED in the Koyna forest range in West Singhbhum district on Monday. Saranda divisional forest officer (DFO) Aviroop Sinha told the media that this was the sixth such incident in recent times. He said, “We learnt about it only in the morning and rushed a medical team to the spot. Venturing into these sensitive areas is risky even for foresters. The front leg of the elephant got fractured.”