a visit to the naruola village under sonamukhi range in bankura north division a conflict zone lays bare the truth as the foresters step into the village a group of villagers almost charge at them fifty fiveyearold sk abutar whose house was damaged by a tusker on the night of january 10 says we have been staying awake every night since the jumbos raided my house a fortnight ago state wildlife advisory board member joydip kundu hits the nail on the head when he says that the elephant doesnt belong to a single state its a heritage animal blocking their traditional migration route is a crime the odisha and jharkhand governments should immediately take note of the situation and plan a joint action with bengal he adds tempers run high as the forest officials come across golam mirda and sukur mirda of the same village who have seen two cottahs of potato and rice plantations destroyed in elephant raids the foresters are answerable to us why not after all the jumbos are their pets says sukur