Bhubaneswar, June 3 -- The Forest Department successfully tranquilised and captured a tusker on Wednesday that had been creating fear and unrest in parts of Angul district for several years. The operation was carried out in the Kusumpat area under the Karatapata section of the Angul Forest Division after repeated demands from local residents for action against the elephant.

According to forest officials and villagers, the tusker had been responsible for multiple incidents of human casualties and extensive crop damage over the past three years. Residents alleged that more than seven people had lost their lives in attacks by the adult elephant, which frequently entered human settlements and agricultural fields, triggering panic in the regi...