5 Members Of Family Injured In Wolf Attack In Madhya Pradesh’s Khandwa District

"Investigations are on. The victims have suffered bruises. Patrolling in the area has been intensified," the DFO said.

Khandwa: Five members of a family were attacked by a wolf in Madhya Pardesh’s Khandwa district on Friday. The incident took place at 2:30 am at night in Malgaon village in tribal- dominated Khalwa tehsil, nearly 20 km from the district headquarters, Harsud Sub-Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) Sandeep Vaskale informed. “After the family started screaming, neighbours and others arrived at the spot and chased away the wolf. A woman has sustained wounds on her hands while four men have been bitten on the hands. They are being treated in Khandwa Medical College Hospital,” the SDOP said. Those injured have been given rabies shots and medicines, Khandwa Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), Rakesh Damor told media.

It is unclear whether the wolf involved in the attack has been captured. When asked about the police’s identification of the attacker as a wolf, Damor chose not to comment, noting that wildlife matters are handled by the forest department. The DFO said “Going by the purported video clip doing the rounds on social media, it is too early to say about which animal it was. In the video, the animal looks like a jackal to me, a bit smaller than a wolf.” When asked about the police’s claim that it was a wolf, the DFO denied to comment on it but added it was the forest department that deals with wildlife.

“Investigations are on. The victims have suffered bruises. Patrolling in the area has been intensified,” he further added.

This incident in Madhya Pradesh comes amid recent news of wolf attacks in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh. In Bahraich district, wolves have been linked to eight deaths, including seven children, over the past two months. Around 30 other people have also been injured in these attacks.

(With IANS Inputs)