A police trap at a Chembur hotel led to the arrest of four men attempting to sell illegal elephant ivory. Authorities seized two tusks and are now probing possible links to a larger wildlife trafficking network under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972

Two people, including a 12-year-old boy, were killed in separate elephant attacks in Koderma district. The incidents occurred at brick kiln sites, with lapses in alerting workers reportedly contributing to the fatalities