Dhurbe, the rogue elephant that followed a family for 14 years

Shanichara Bote thought he had escaped the threat that killed his parents. Then, the notorious elephant returned to destroy his home again.

On December 16, 2012, Shanichara Bote sat motionless at the Baruwa bazaar in Madi, alongside the lifeless bodies of his father Budhiram and mother Jharali. They had just been trampled to death by Dhurbe, a notorious wild male elephant that had begun terrorising the fringes of Chitwan National Park.