India, Nov. 4 -- A 10-year-old elephant, separated from his herd a few months ago, has become a nuisance for the state forest department after rummaging through several parts of Goa and Sindhudurg district in Konkan. While the forest department has reached out to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu governments to help in relocating and rehabilitating the elephant, both states claim they do not have space for him.

According to forest officials, the elephant, named Omkar, comes from Karnataka. While it had been ransacking paddy and banana fields in Goa, Omkar recently crossed over to Maharashtra, damaging fields and leaving villagers of Sindhudurg worried. While forest officials have decided to capture him, a senior forest official said, "We only hav...