Bahraich: As officials continued the ‘Operation Bhediya’ in Bahraich to catch the remaining two wolves, a three-year old girl was killed and two other women were injured in another wolf attack, spreading anger among the locals, who blamed that the administration for showing negligience in their work.
Girl killed, two women injured
The Mahasi Civil Health Centre Incharge said, "A three-year-old girl killed and two other women were injured in a wolf attack late last night."
DFO Bahraich, Ajit Pratap Singh is currently on the spot and conducting a search operation in Thalia village to catch the wolf.
Hands of child bitten by wolf
The mother of the deceased child said that the incident happened at 03:35 am on Monday.
"This incident happened at 03:35 in the morning. When my 6-month-old girl got up in the middle of the night, I saw that my daughter was not there. Both the hands of my child have been bitten by the wolf.
We work as labourers all day and raise the children. We ran after that him but it escaped. We are poor so we are not able to get doors installed in the housem," she said.
Spotted the wolf
Her neighbour said that they had spotted the wolf many times, but whenever they called the forest department, they ask for video proof.
"We were awake. When he (wolf) first came to our house, we thought it was a dog, so we shouted and chased it away. Afterwards, I saw that it ran towards field, so I shouted and asked if anyone's child was missing. Then they said that their daughter is missing. We surrounded it in the field the day before yesterday and when we called the forest department, they asked us for the video. Where do we get the video from? We are repeatedly complaining that we have seen the wolf. By the time we take out the mobile, it disappears," he said.
DM speaks
Bahraich DM, Monika Rani said that the authorities were having troubl catching the wolf as it was consistently changing its habitat.
"The biggest problem in this campaign is that every time a new village is being selected. The Wolf changes his activity every 5-6 days. The Forest Department is trying its best," she said. (with Agency inputs)
