Forest Officials Kill Wild Buffalo in Biswanath, Issues Clarification

Biswanath Chariali: Within hours of accusations levelled against the Forest Department officials of Biswanath Chariali on killing the wild water buffalo on Friday, the forest department held a press conference and said that the forest officials killed the wild buffalo in self-defense.

Addressing the media, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Biswanath, Mukut Das said, "On Friday a wild buffalo killed one person named Sukur Ali in Komalia village in Biswanath, Assam. And after the incident took place our officials along with police personnel reached the spot and tried to chase the buffalo towards the forest, meanwhile, it tried to attack them which forced our forest personnel to shoot, in order to save their lives."

The DFO further added that on Thursday (January 14) two people had died in Biswanath one in an Elephant attack and another in a buffalo attack.

"We also informed the doctors from Kaziranga National Park (KNP) and along with the doctors we tried to tranquillize the animals, however, we failed to do so due to evening," he added.

Das also stated that the department is investigating the matter to find out whether the dead buffalo is the same one that killed Jayanta Das in Kali Matak village in Biswanath on Thursday. 

Earlier on Friday morning forest officials said that the villagers are very angry about the unfortunate incident. They even tried to attack the forest officials with some weapons.

Moreover, the forest department said it would provide both the families with financial assistance and will provide better treatment to all the people injured in the attacks.

On the other hand, an official of East Sonitpur Forest Circle said that they would try to implement the Solar Fencing model in the area from where the wild animals frequently strayed out to the villages if they get the fund from the district administration and World Wildlife Fund and the public provide the bamboo and labours.

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