Wild elephant electrocuted

Bhadrapur, June 3: A wild elephant died of an electric shock in the Ratuwamai forest of Kamal rural municipality-3 last night.

The elephant was electrocuted due to an electricity leakage. Forest officer at the Division Forest Office in the district, Jivan Pathak, informed that the electric wire might have snapped after the pachyderm shoved the electricity pole, resulting in electrocution by the dangling wire.

The elephant had died on the spot. Its tusk was also burnt. A technical team was mobilized for further investigation into the incident, Pathak added.