Thursday 21 February 2013

Elephants go on rampage, one killed, 7 houses damaged

PTI
DIPHU (Assam): A man was trampled to death and seven houses were damaged by two wild elephants in Assam's Karbi Anglong district.

Two wild elephants went on a rampage in Borbilgaon under Howraghat police station of the district and killed a man besides damaging seven houses and uprooting several trees, officials said today.

Panic prevails in the area as the elephants were still roaming around.

Forest department personnel went to the village and efforts were on to send back the pachyderms to the nearby forest.

The dead man has been identified as Kheru Das.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Elephants-go-on-rampage-one-killed-7-houses-damaged/articleshow/18611705.cms

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