A case of a one-crore rupee elephant theft has come to light in the Palamu district. The mahout has absconded with the elephant. Fortunately, the elephant is fitted with a chip, which is being used by the Forest Department and police team to trace its location. Narendra Kumar Shukla, a resident of Vindhyachal, Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, filed a case at the Medininagar Sadar police station on Friday. Narendra informed the police that he had obtained the elephant named Jaymati from a person named Sangam Lal on a responsibility agreement. Due to a lack of food and water arrangements in their village, he brought the elephant to Jharkhand. He had entrusted the responsibility of taking care of the elephant to Munna Pandey, a resident of Mirzapur, and Munna Pathak, a resident of Chunar, Mirzapur. Both became friends with Tarkeshwar Nath, the owner of another elephant.
They arrived in the Jorkat area of the Medininagar Sadar police station area of Palamu with the two elephants. Narendra stated that he arrived in Palamu on August 11. He found the elephant and mahout in the Jorkat area. When he returned to Jorkat in Palamu on August 13, he found that both the elephant and the mahout were missing. He searched for the elephant in Palamu and several other areas of Jharkhand but could not find either the elephant or the mahout. Finally, he filed an FIR after a month. The Sadar police station in-charge, Lalji, stated on Saturday that Narendra Shukla had informed the police that the elephant was worth one crore rupees. Investigations are underway, and an FIR has been registered. The Forest Department has been informed about the chip in the elephant, and its location is being tracked accordingly.
