Overview

• Two wild elephants killed three villagers collecting tendu leaves in separate incidents in Shahdol's Beohari forest on May 19, 2025.
• The elephants, migrating from Bandhavgarh National Park to Sanjay Dubri Tiger Reserve, trampled the victims in a span of two hours.
• Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav announced Rs 25 lakh compensation for each bereaved family and ordered an investigation into the attacks.
• Forest teams are actively tracking the elephants to tranquilise and relocate them to prevent further harm to local communities.
• This tragedy follows the recent approval of a Rs 47 crore human-elephant conflict mitigation plan, which includes measures to train villagers and reduce such incidents.