'We were scared when our children used to play outside the house. The hyena was roaming free despite the fact that it was infected with rabies,' Lalmati Devi, another village resident, said.

Earlier, a hyena had bitten around 21 people of Lali village of Namkom block of Ranchi, out of which six people died as they were not administered anti-rabies vaccine in time. They hyena was cornered and killed by the angry residents.

Both Angada and Namkom blocks are situated around 20 km from Ranchi.