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Wild elephant kills one

By Robertson Tanti |

Men-elephant conflict refuses to die down in the Indo- Bhutan border of Udalguri district. A man lost his life in an incident of Elephant attack on Sunday morning while he came out from his house in search of work.

The incident took place at No.1 Samrang  where a herd of wild elephants trampled to death Harka Bahadur Chunjel (45)  at the dawn hours of Sunday. The Dimakuchi PS have moved the body for postmortem.

 

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