India News | Elephant Dies of Electrocution in Assam's Nagaon
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. An adult elephant died due to electrocution when it strayed into a locality in Assam's Nagaon district on Tuesday, forest officials said.
Nagaon, Nov 8 (PTI) An adult elephant died due to electrocution when it strayed into a locality in Assam's Nagaon district on Tuesday, forest officials said.
The carcass of the pachyderm was first spotted by locals at Barhola village, they said.
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The elephant died due to electrocution after coming in contact with a high-voltage wire that was hanging low, they added.
The post-mortem of the carcass was conducted, and it was buried by forest officials with the help of locals.
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