Amit Dube, Field Director of the Sanjay Dubri Tiger Reserve, confirmed to the TNIE that both elephants are currently roaming in the core area of the reserve, near the elephant camp. Efforts are underway to rescue them.After rescuing the two wild elephants, the regional rescue squad will relocate them to BTR, where they will be housed.Importantly, the two wild elephants trampled three villagers to death while moving from BTR to Sanjay Dubri Tiger Reserve, using an unusual route through forests where hundreds were plucking tendu leaves in three nearby villages.The MP CM Dr Mohan Yadav had announced compensation of Rs 35 lakh each for the three bereaved families. The three villagers who died included a 40-year-old man, an 80-year-old man (who was the uncle of a forest department deputy ranger) and a 65-year-old woman – all of whom were plucking tendu leaves in three different jungles.
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