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Conservationist Prerna Singh Bindra highlighted the incident in a social media post and called for accountability. (Picture from X/@prernabindra)
In the video, a large group of people can be seen shouting and driving away the elephants with fireballs on sticks.
An elephant died in West Bengal's Jhargram district after locals used spiked sticks and fireballs to drive it away – a practice that has been banned.
Environmental activist Prerna Singh Bindra highlighted Thursday's events in a social media post at X and called for accountability.
“We need accountability. We need to stop this. This death and continued harassment and torture is not the first time (even since the SC order),” she wrote in a post shared on Saturday, along with Disturbing videos and photos of the incident were posted.
In the video, a large group of people can be seen shouting and driving away the elephants with fireballs on sticks.
Six elephants, including two calves, entered Raj College Colony on Thursday morning, wreaking havoc and killing an elderly resident of the colony, new delhi tv the report said.
Bindra claimed that when the elephants rampaged through the area, a “hula” team equipped with iron rods and burning torches was called in to chase them away. She also claimed that the team operates with full knowledge of the situation in the forest department.
“I now want to hear from @moefcc and @ForestDeptWB about the horrific harassment, torture and killing of an elephant in #Jhargam #WestBengal by the 'Hula Party' in full view, if not official recognition, ” she said.
The 'Hulla' party is tasked with driving elephants from farmland, using methods such as spiked sticks and fireballs, which were banned by the Supreme Court in 2018 after Bindra and other activists filed a public interest litigation (PIL) .
“Contempt of Court: @SupremeCourtIND has completely banned the use and throwing of fireballs to drive away elephants. This is WP-489/2018 and for what it is worth, I am the petitioner,” she noted.
