Another elephant run over by train

Pinak Priya Bhattacharya,Times of India
23 Jul 2008


JALPAIGURI: Within a week of three elephants being poisoned to death inside Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, an elephant calf was run over by a train in the same forest on Tuesday morning.

The incident took place in the Gulma range area of the sanctuary. The Guwahati-Jhaja Express ran over the seven-year-old calf around 3 am.

P T Bhutia, conservator of Forest (northern circle), Wildlife, will probe the death. The forest department will take action only after receiving his report.

Principal chief conservator of forest S S Bisht, who was in Delhi to attend a meeting, said he would inform the Union environment ministry about the matter.

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