Dynamite News Three Killed As Herd Of Wild Elephants Attacks Cars In Assam's Goalpara
At least three persons, including a child, were killed and two others injured after they were attacked by a herd of wild elephants in Assam's Goalpara district on Thursday. Read on for deytails:
Goalpara: At least three persons, including a child, were killed and two others injured after they were attacked by a herd of wild elephants in Assam's Goalpara district on Thursday, said Dhruba Dutta, the forest range officer of Lakhipur.
Three members of a family – Nabin Basumatary (53), his wife Jamini Basumatary (33) and their 18-month-old child Hadanashwa Baswamatary – died in the wild elephants attack.
Two vehicles were also damaged by the elephants.
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The incident took place on the Lakhipur-Agia road of the Lakhipur forest range in the Goalpara district.
"Two others were also injured. They were rushed to a hospital," he added.
Human-elephant conflict is not new in the remote areas of the Udalguri district. As per government data, the loss in Udalguri due to such conflict is staggering.
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Between 2010 and 2019, 62 elephants and 155 people have become victims of human-elephant conflicts in the district, while during the same period, 4,978 houses and 2,143 hectares of crops were also damaged. (with Agency inpurts)