Tusker electrocuted in West Singhbhum jungle
A tusker was electrocuted after coming in contact with a high-tension line at Rankui jungle under Manjhari police station area in West Singhbhum district, in the wee hours of Monday. This was the fifth case of electrocution of a tusker in West Singhbhum in the past six month.
The tusker which was in a herd came to the jungle and while crossing the stretch it came in contact with 11,000 KV overhead power line belonging to Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Ltd (JBVNL). In the morning when the villagers saw the dead tusker they started protesting and blamed the forest department for negligence.
“We came to know about the incident when villagers started protesting. It is really a sad incident. We are probing the mishap as per our information the tusker was electrocuted while moving toward a pond,
