India, Feb. 25 -- Officials say the elephant likely strayed out of forest in Jharkhand in search of food

A wild elephant killed two persons in two villages in Bihar's Nawada district February 24, 2021 night.

The elephant either strayed into Nawada from a forest in Jharkhand or from the neighbouring Gaya district, claimed officials of the state forest department as well as the district administration.

The incident has stoked panic among villagers, they added.

The victims were residents of Sakra and Babhanauli villages, according to Sanjay Kumar, ranger of forest department, Nawada. While one was on his way to agricultural field to monitor Rabi crops in the night when the incident happened, the other was going to defecate in a farm near...