PONDA
Sources informed The Goan that the gaur had damaged the plantation of Yenu Solyenkar since the last couple of days and he had been keeping watch on the animal. His cashew and banana plantation is barely 50 metres from his house.
On Wednesday afternoon, Solyenkar was alone at the plantation, when he is believed to have noticed the gaur and may have made attempts to drive the animal away from his farm.
The gaur is believed to have attacked Solyenkar, who sustained several injuries on his stomach, chest and other parts of the body, killing him at the site.
His wife returned home from work in the evening and unable to locate him, she went to the plantation and found dead at the site.
Confirming the incident, Ponda Police Inspector Sudesh Naik informed that the Indian Bison, had attacked Solyenkar on Wednesday afternoon. “We were informed about the incident at about 8.30 pm and my staff rushed to the site and conducted the panchanama,” Naik said.
“According to the post mortem report, Solyenkar had sustained 10 injuries,” Naik informed.
The police conducted the panchanama and after the postmortem, handed over the body to family members.
Ponda Police has written a letter to the Deputy Conservator of Forest to take necessary action in this regard. PSI Arun Bakre is further investigating the case.
