Koenjhar:
A team of experts helped tranquilize an elephant after he attacked houses and people in Orissa's Koenjhar district.
At least 20 people were injured as they tried to escape the angry elephant when he started chasing them in a local market. One person was killed.
The 14-year-old elephant, named Shankar, was brought to the mineral-rich area by Orissa's forest department to help drive away a herd of elephants who had been raiding fields and destroying crops for the last few months.
Shankar was a trained 'kunki" elephant - part of a program launched by the state government across different districts where elephants are used to shepherd others away from areas inhabited by humans.
"Shankar was in Musth, during the condition elephants become highly aggressive and try to kill humans. On Saturday night, the tusker had injured his mahout. On Sunday morning, he went after a person," said the Divisional Forest Officer of Keonjhar, Sarat Mohanty.
After Shankar killed a local, residents of nearby villages tried to surround the elephant, making him more aggressive, said Mr. Mohanty. The villagers also set on fire the office and residence of the Telkoi forest range officer.
Last year, Shankar killed his mahout at the Satkoshia Gorge Sanctuary but was then groomed by elephant trainers from Assam and was believed to have been reformed.
Shankar is being moved to the Nandankanan Zoo for treatment.