Rabid Jackal Panic: Bites and Injures 11 Persons in Balasore District

Balasore: A rabid jackal reportedly bit and injured 11 persons in Sianri panchayat under the Bhogarai block of Balasore district on Tuesday.

According to locals, the stray jackal entered the village from the nearby forest on Tuesday afternoon. It terrorized the villagers and injured as many as 11 persons by evening. Five of the seriously injured villagers were admitted to Jaleswar Community Health Centre (CHC).

The rabid jackal also injured some domestic animals.

Some of the seriously injured villagers have been identified as Chaitanya Patra ( 65), Gajendra Jena ( 85), Kabita Patra (40), Pandari Kaksha Mishra ( 42), Shantilata Pradhan (75), Sulochana Pradhan ( 35) and Basanti Patra (40).