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Times of India
March 18, 2014
In a region fraught with man-animal conflict and bloodshed, here’s a story that warms the heart. A tusker smashed a house to bits in a village in West Bengal’s Purulia district on Monday night but when it heard a 10-month-old baby crying under the debris, it turned back and carefully removed every last bit of stone, brick and mortar from the infant’s body before heading back to the forest.
It’s all the more surprising because the lone tusker has killed at least three people in the last year, say forest officers. The family in Olgara village was still in awe when TOI met them on Tuesday.
Mother Lalita Mahato said: “We worship Lord Ganesh (the elephant god) in our village. Still, I can’t believe that the tusker saved my daughter after breaking down the door and smashing a wall. We watched amazed as it gently removed the debris that had fallen on her. It’s a miracle.”
The child’s father, Dipak Mahato, said they were having dinner around 8pm when they suddenly heard a “cracking sound” and then a huge crash from the bedroom. “We ran over and were shocked to see the wall in pieces and a tusker standing over our baby. She was crying and there were huge chunks of the wall lying all around and on the cot,” he said. “The tusker started moving away but when our child started crying again, it returned and used its trunk to remove the debris.”
