At least three persons, including a child, were killed and two others injured after they were attacked by a herd of wild elephants in Assam's Goalpara district on Thursday, said Dhruba Dutta, the forest range officer of Lakhipur.
An elephant died of electrocution after coming in contact with an electric wire in Assam's Morigaon district on Saturday night, the officials informed.
The followers arrived here to seek blessings of Kabir on the occasion of Aghan Purnima which is being celebrated today. These followers come from various regions and they walked for about 15 kilometres on foot in dense forests to reach the Taposthali. After that they bow down their heads and
Earlier on Thursday, a wild elephant was found dead in a paddy field at Joyramkuchi area under Lakhipur forest range in Assam's Goalpara district. Last month a wild elephant was found dead in a paddy field at Kankata area in Goalpara district.
According to the reports, locals spotted the carcass of an elephant in a paddy field in the Joyramkuchi area under the Lakhipur forest range in the lower Assam district and informed local forest officials.
In the wake of the rise in the man-elephant conflict in four districts of Karnataka, a meeting presided over by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday, resolved to constitute an elephant task force in four districts to check the menace of wild elephants.