Elephant ‘trapped, electrocuted’ in Sherpur

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UNB, Sherpur :
A wild elephant reportedly died after getting electrocuted in a trap at Tawakucha village in Kangsa union of Jhinaigati upazila on Monday morning.
Quoting locals, Tawakucha beat officer of the Forest Department MD Ashraful Alam said the elephant died around 4.30am.
The reason behind death could not be ascertained. The elephant might have been died being trapped in an electric trap. Earlier on October 1 last, an elephant was found dead in a paddy field in Panbor area of the village.
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