A herd of wild tuskers have been unleashing terror in Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City and Barahachhetra Municipality of Sunsari district. A person died after being attacked by around two dozen wild elephants that came from India. The deceased has been identified as Dhan Bahadur Majhi (65) of Barahachhetra Municipality-5.

DSP Raj Kumar Rai, spokesperson at the District Police Office, Sunsari, said that the wild beasts also destroyed dozens of houses.

Ward Chairman Manoj Bhattarai said that the wild tuskers have been terrorizing people in Dharan-17 for quite some time. He said that the elephants have destroyed property worth millions of rupees in Dharan-17 so far. Locals Tirtha Sigdel said that the herd of wild tuskers have been unleashing terror by entering human settlements in Dharan, Chatara, Nadaha, Chakrighatti and Bayarban among other places of Sunsari. He said that the elephants can cause a massive loss of lives and properties if they are not controlled on time. Barahachhetra Municipality Mayor Ramesh Karki said that security personnel have been deployed to take the wild tuskers under control.