CHITWAN, July 24 -- Popularly known as Ronaldo, a wild elephant has stolen people's peace of mind in settlements near the Chitwan National Park. On Monday night it wreaked havoc in Janakpur village of Khairhani Municipality - 12. Ronaldo entered a resident, Homenath Dhamala's house and scattered off around four quintals of rice in store. Then it moved to another local, Gobinda Prasad Bhatta's house to destroy his storeroom. By that time, villagers had gathered to retaliate the tusker. They chased him away before he could damage the storeroom.

Elephant menace is not a new thing here. People have lived with such troubles for long. Human-wildlife conflict has triggered tragedies in the past wherein either party have been left injured or eve...