On Tuesday morning, a 15-year-old tusker was found dead on a small patch of land near a house at Ramjhora tea estate in Birpara police station area. “Prima facie probe showed the tusker died of electrocution,” said Mridul Kumar, divisional forest officer, Jalpaiguri.
“We have identified some people who might have laid the live wire to drive away wild elephants,” he added.
The
earlier two incidents were reported at Buxa tiger Reserve forest and
Madarihat near Jaldapara National Park on June 16 and June 24
respectively.
In each incident, the elephants died after coming in contact with live
electric wires that were illegally tapped from high tension lines by
villagers to save their crops, said a senior forest official who
requested anonymity.
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