Jumbos trample two in Goalpara

Goalpara: Two persons were killed in attacks by wild elephants in Goalpara district on Friday.

Satish Rabha was trampled by a wild elephant at Ambuk Bahbari village under Dhupdhara police station in the district early on Friday after he came in front of a herd of 25 to 30 jumbos that was on its way to forests in south Kamrup.

In another incident, Manoj Hajong lost his life when he and his brother Vidyadhar tried to stop a wild elephant from devouring their harvest in a village under Rongjuli forest range.

However, Vidyadhar managed to escape.

Villagers said the jumbo has attacked and killed several people in the past but the forest department had not taken any step to control the animal.

Rongjuli forest range officer B. Das visited both sites and announced Rs 5,000 each to the families of the victims to carry out their last rites.

"We have taken different measures to send back the elephant to the hills in Meghalaya but it is so big and restless that we have been unable to bring it under control even by using two domesticated jumbos," Das said.


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