Anandapur: As many as three people left critical after a mysterious wild animal attacked them in Keonjhar district of Odisha on Thursday. The incident took place in Nagaon village under Ghasipur Block in Anandapur area. As per reports, as many as three people left critical after being attacked by the unknown animal. They have been admitted to hospital for treatment. Banamali Mohanty of the village informed that when he was going to defecate, the said unknown creature attacked him. It bit his leg and took away a piece of flesh from the leg, he informed. Asked whether it is a honey badger, Banamali denied and said that it is a little bit different from honey badger and a small herd of these has come from the forest. Similarly, the wild animal also bit Banamali’s son Biranchi and chased and bit Gayadhar Pradhan of Sainkul village while he was guarding in the cashew plantation. Following the attack incident, the forest department caught the animal with the help of a net. Now, they are making further investigation in this regard.
3 left critical after mysterious animal attack in Odisha’s Keonjhar
