Khunti, March 2 A sub-adult elephant, which fell into a 20-foot well, was rescued after a three-hour operation in Khunti district, Jharkhand, on Monday, a forest department official said.
The incident occurred at the Serengdih village, under the Sadar police station, around midday.
"After a rescue operation that lasted about three hours, the elephant was safely retrieved from the well," Divisional Forest Officer (Khunti), Dilip Kumar Yadav, said.
He said information about a wild elephant roaming in the urban area of Khunti was received around 9 am.
"Since then, the forest team has been continuously trying to drive it out of the area. In the process, the elephant fell into a well located at Serengdih in Anigadha," he said.
Yadav also said that marks indicating injury were observed in one of the elephant's eyes.
Efforts are underway to keep it in the nearby forest for the time being, the official added.