A man was reportedly trampled to death after being attacked by a herd of wild elephants in Assam’s Goalpara district, officials said on April 12.
The incident took place at Dhamar village under the Lakhipur forest range office on April 11 night.
Dhruba Dutta, forest range officer of Lakhipur said that the person died after being attacked by wild elephants in the area. “A herd of around 35 wild elephants are roaming in the area for the last few days,” Dhruba Dutta told ANI.
The deceased person was identified as 55-year-old Anuwar Hussain.
A relative of the deceased person said that a herd of wild elephants attacked the person when he was returning home after fishing in a water body.
“We suspect that my father-in-law didn’t see the wild elephants. Later we recovered the body,” the relative of the deceased person said.
The body has been sent for post-mortem, he added.
On April 8 late evening, a person was injured after being attacked by wild elephants at the Gaurnagar Salbari area under Lakhipur Forest Range Office in Goalpara district.
