A viral video captures a forest elephant wandering into Haridwar, Uttarakhand causing havoc by breaking gates at the collector's office and district court. Forest department officials faced immense difficulty in herding the elephant back into the forest.
The video begins with the elephant calmly strolling on the road before turning towards the district court's gate. People inside attempted to scare the elephant away, but it forcefully pushed open the gate prompting them to flee. Indian Forest Officer Dr PM Dhakate shared this startling incident on X Page.
In areas adjacent to jungles, there have been many occurrences where an Elephant made its way into Haridwar, in this instance it was the District Collector's office, the Elephant advanced towards the main gate of the District Court Judiciary and forcefully opened the closed gate.… pic.twitter.com/zuy8OhL7og