Officials report uncertainty about the number and origin of rogue elephants: Forest Divisional Officer Aditya Narayan said officials are not sure how many rogue elephants are involved and are not sure whether the elephant came from Odisha or from the Chaibasa forest.

Nighttime attacks and movement across Kolhan complicate tracking: Aditya Narayan said the elephant is moving violently across the Kolhan region, and officials are using drones to locate it; the elephant mostly attacks at night when people are sleeping.