Last Updated on 02/09/2024 by Ankita
The forest department and administration are running ‘Operation Bhediya’ to catch the man-eating wolves in Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh. So far four wolves have been caught, but the remaining wolves have made life miserable for the people. On Sunday night, the man-eating wolves entered a village in Hardi police station area. From here, the wolf took away a three-year-old innocent. The mother of the deceased girl, while describing the horrific scene of last night, said that the wolves had grabbed the girl by the throat, she did not even utter a sound.
Last night, wolves attacked a three-year-old girl in Garethi Guru Dutt Singh village. While talking to Aaj Tak, the mother of this girl, Meenu, said that she slept after feeding milk to her youngest daughter at around 3:30 in the night. After that, a wolf came and took the girl away. He held the girl by the throat, due to which she could not even utter a word. He ate the girl’s hands and feet.
The wolf came again two minutes later
Not only this, just two minutes after taking the girl, the wolf came again. Meenu told that by then the villagers had gathered and they immediately chased away the wolf. Not only this, the administration is claiming that there are only two more wolves left here because four have been caught, but Meenu told that there were three wolves last night. The one in front was carrying the girl’s body and the other two wolves were following him.
The villagers said that they had seen a wolf near the pond in front of their house at around 7 pm yesterday. They also informed the forest department, but they said that first send a video of the wolf and then they will come. Apart from the girl’s house, a total of 3 houses within a radius of 300 meters were targeted by the wolves on Sunday, where footprints of the wolves were also seen.
12 teams of forest department were engaged in Mahsi area alone
There is fear of wolves in more than 35 villages of Bahraich district. Many people have been injured in the attack of man-eaters, while 10 people including 9 children have died. 16 teams of the forest department are engaged in catching the wolves. Out of these, 12 teams have been deployed in Mahsi tehsil area only. Apart from this, police along with two companies of PAC jawans are engaged for security. In the last two nights, man-eaters have targeted four people. Even after this, the wolf is far away from the grasp of the forest department. This is the 7th incident of wolf attack in the Mahsi tehsil area in the last six months. In this, a woman along with nine children have died. However, the forest department is considering two of these death incidents as suspicious. Drones are being used to catch the wolves.
Why are only children becoming prey of wolves in Bahraich… 8 innocent children have become prey so far
What did the DM of Bahraich say?
Bahraich DM Monika Rani said, “The main problem is that these incidents are not happening in one village but in different villages. Forest department and police teams are constantly making people aware. I want to appeal that people should be cautious for a few days and sleep inside their homes. These incidents are from different months. This is the eighth incident since last month i.e. July. The government is very sensitive about this matter and continuous monitoring is being done by the government in which success has also been achieved. 4 wolves have also been caught.”
The terror of man-eating wolves continues in Bahraich, a two and a half year old girl was killed late at night, 9 people have died so far
CM Yogi gave instructions to the officers
CM Yogi has given instructions to the officials regarding the wolf attack in Bahraich. He said that in some areas of the state, attacks are being carried out by man-eating wolves or leopards, efforts should be made to control and catch them at all costs and steps should be taken as per the need. As per the instructions given earlier, the administration, police, forest department, local panchayat, revenue department should create widespread public awareness in the area. Also tell people about safety measures. The cooperation of public representatives should also be taken in this.
The Forest Minister has been directed that senior officers should camp in the districts. Additional personnel of the Forest Department should be deployed in Bahraich, Sitapur, Lakhimpur, Pilibhit, Bijnor and other affected areas. Increase joint patrolling of all departments there. In rural areas where there is a problem of electricity, also make arrangements for Petromax.
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)