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Odisha: Man injured after attempt to take selfie with wild elephant goes wrong

Press Trust of India, Bhubaneswar | ByPress Trust of India
Jun 07, 2017 06:46 PM IST

Abhisekh went to a wild elephant to snap a moment with him but the tusker went violent and chased him while he moved too close to click a selfie.

A man was seriously injured when he was attacked by a wild elephant while trying to take a selfie with the tusker in Dhenkanal district on Wednesday.

The incident occurred at Masania village in Dhenkanal district.
The incident occurred at Masania village in Dhenkanal district.

The man identified as Abhisekh Nayak of Masania village in Dhenkanal district, has been admitted at a private hospital here with serious injury.

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Local politician and chairman of Smt Nandini Satpathy Memorial Trust (SNSMT)) Suparno Satpathy, said the people of Masania village under Khadagprasad gram panchayat were panic struck for the past two days as a herd of elephant had wandered into their villages.

“Without realising the risk involved, Abhisekh went to one of the wild elephants to snap a moment with him. Getting intimidated, the tusker went violent and chased Abhisekh while he moved too close to click a selfie. The elephant charged at him and attacked him,” Satpathy said.

Official sources also confirmed the incident.

Other villagers, however, rescued Abhisek from the spot and rushed him to the district head quarter hospital at Dhenkanal. Later, he was shifted to a private hospital in Bhubaneswar.

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