Sundargarh, Sept 18: An elephant was tranquilized by the Forest Department in jamudihi forest of Koida block of Sundargarh district, Wednesday. 

According to the reports, a team comprised of Bonai ACF, Forester, Rangers, as well as a team from Dhenkanal and another from Rourkela assembled at Toda forest today. The team initiated an operation and finally succeed to transuilize the elephant. 

The tusker has also been fitted with a radio collar to track and monitor its movement and behavior.

The tusker was wrecking havoc in this area for the last few months. It was destroying houses as well as crops. Even it had attacked humans. The locals were living in a state of terror due to the elephant fury. They had been demanding to relocate the elephant.
 

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