Terrified villagers have been forced to sleep on rooftops or abandon their makeshift homes over fears a rampaging elephant which has killed 22 people will return. The young male, which has one tusk, is still at large in the West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand, around 730 miles east of the Indian capital Delhi. Indian authorities have deployed at least 80 forest officers to find the elephant and tranquilise it. Villagers run from a rampaging elephant in the West Singhbhum district of JharkhandWhile some seek refuge on their rooftops, a vigilante group has formed to find the elephantSome villagers have sought refuge in treetops and on flat roofs. Aditya Narayan, a division forest officer of the Chaibasa district, said: ‘Anyone who came in front of it was trampled.

Source: Daily Mail January 18, 2026 11:43 UTC