Assam: Farmer dies in wild elephant attack

GORESWAR: Binay Barman (43) of Deusunga village under Goreswar circle in the Tamulpur district died on the spot after being attacked by a wild elephant on Tuesday night.

Residents of the Indo-Bhutan border area under Tamulpur district have been passing sleepless nights for the last few days due to intermittent depredations caused by wild elephants. On Tuesday night, a herd of wild elephants entered the Deusunga area in search of fodder from the nearby Bhutan hills.

The herd moved to a number of villages near the Bogamati picnic spot under Goreswar circle in the Tamulpur district. One wild elephant separated from the herd and destroyed paddy fields in Deusunga. A group of people of the village went to their paddy field to save the paddy from the wild elephant and tried to chase the elephant. Suddenly the wild elephant attacked farmer Binay Barman and he lost his life.

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