Author: IANS
Publication: Sify News
Date: October 4, 2008
URL: http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14770714
An elephant attacked houses of people allegedly
involved in damaging a temple of Lord Ganesha in Jharkhand and ensured their
arrest.
According to media reports on Saturday, a
wild elephant attacked houses of around 10 people who on August 16 had damaged
the temple of elephant-headed god Ganesha situated in Mahudi hills of Hazaribagh
district, around 120 km from here.
Later the police arrested those allegedly
involved in the incident. The villagers point that the elephant did not hurt
anyone else.
Reports suggest that the angry elephant appeared
near the temple on August 17 and did not allow any devotee to enter. Later
the elephant attacked houses of those involved in the damage. The villagers
feel it identified those involved with its strong sense of smell.
"The elephant was staying around the
temple. We succeeded in pacifying it, to install another statue of Ganesha,"
said Awadh Kishore Yadav, a villager.
