Jumbo dies of electrocution in Odisha
By Express News Service
DHENKANAL: The carcass of a 25-year-old female elephant was current in a farm dwelling at Borapada village beneath Baladiabahal half sadar range in Dhenkanal district on Thursday night. The elephant reportedly died ensuing from electrocution two days once more.
The proprietor of the farm dwelling Subas Das, 35, of the an identical village has been arrested in reference to the incident. On being educated, DFO Sumit Kar along with the senior forest officers rushed to the spot on Friday, seized the carcass and despatched it for postmortem. Basing on the report, the forest officers arrested Das for allegedly laying electrical wire in his farm dwelling that led to the demise of the elephant.
Kar talked about the elephant might have died after coming in contact with the dwell wire suspectedly laid by the farm dwelling proprietor. It was considered one of many herd seen wandering in Borapada house inside the closing two or three days. Ruling out poaching because the rationale behind the tusker’s demise, Kar talked about, the elephant ought to have reached the place looking out for meals and purchased electrocuted.
“We suspect the elephant died on Wednesday and the reason is electrocution as live wires were found everywhere in the farmhouse. The farm house owner has been arrested,” talked about the DFO.
DHENKANAL: The carcass of a 25-year-old female elephant was current in a farm dwelling at Borapada village beneath Baladiabahal half sadar range in Dhenkanal district on Thursday night. The elephant reportedly died ensuing from electrocution two days once more.
The proprietor of the farm dwelling Subas Das, 35, of the an identical village has been arrested in reference to the incident. On being educated, DFO Sumit Kar along with the senior forest officers rushed to the spot on Friday, seized the carcass and despatched it for postmortem. Basing on the report, the forest officers arrested Das for allegedly laying electrical wire in his farm dwelling that led to the demise of the elephant.
Kar talked about the elephant might have died after coming in contact with the dwell wire suspectedly laid by the farm dwelling proprietor. It was considered one of many herd seen wandering in Borapada house inside the closing two or three days. Ruling out poaching because the rationale behind the tusker’s demise, Kar talked about, the elephant ought to have reached the place looking out for meals and purchased electrocuted.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
“We suspect the elephant died on Wednesday and the reason is electrocution as live wires were found everywhere in the farmhouse. The farm house owner has been arrested,” talked about the DFO.
