Tragically, wild elephants attacked the Gadhoputa village in Boko, and the people barely made to out alive. Three wild elephants reportedly visited the Gadhoputa community, maybe in quest of food, according to the villagers. However, the elephants damaged four houses in the village that belonged to Ananta Boro, Sambhu Basnet, Milan Rabha, and Chandra Kanta Rabha. Everyone in the village was asleep at midnight when the incident occurred. All four families barely made it through the ordeal.
Ashok Rabha, a councillor for the Rabha Hasong Autonomous Council (RHAC), expressed concern over the occurrence. Rabha promised that RHAC will assist those low-income households and would also approach the state government for assistance. Rabha further said that even after about twelve hours, the forest officials had yet to arrive at the scene, despite the fact that the event site was barely two kilometers from the Bondapara forest range. The forest department has previously failed to do its duties effectively for both people and elephants, Rabha urged. The state administration had to come up with ways to lessen the human-elephant disputes that are so prevalent in Assam these days.
