Bhadrapur, June 3
A wild elephant died of electric shock in the Ratuwamai forest of Kamal rural municipality-3 last night. The elephant was electrocuted due to electricity leakage.
Forest officer at Division Forest Office in the district, Jiban Pathak, informed that the electric wire might have snapped after the pachyderm shoved the electricity pole, resulting into electrocution by the dangling wire.
The elephant had died on the spot. Its tusk was also burnt. A technical team was mobilised for further investigation into the incident, Pathak added.
