Narasinghpur: In an unfortunate incident, a male elephant was found critical as it was shot with two arrows by unknown miscreants in the forest under the Eastern forest range. The elephant was found lying near a pond in Raghupani of Narasinghpur town of Cuttack district.
“A special team consisting of experts from Dhenkanal and Nandankanan have arrived at Narasinghpur to tranquilise the elephant in order to treat its wounds”, said Jagyadatta Pati, Athagarh DFO.
On examining the elephant it was found to have sustained injuries at multiple places. Unable to bear the pain, the elephant was seen violently trumpeting around the pond.
