One killed in elephant attack in Jhapa
Online Khabar
October 3, 2024
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Wangdi Gurung, a resident of Haldibari Rural Municipality-3 in southern
Jhapa, was killed in an elephant attack.
According to the District Police Office, the 65-year-old Gurung was
attacked by the elephant while returning home after collecting fodder from
the local Rankali Community Forest.
District Police Office spokesperson, Krishna Kumar Chand, stated that
Gurung was fatally attacked by the elephant this morning while on his way
back from the forest, resulting in his death at the scene.
“We received information that Gurung was trampled to death by a wild
elephant. A police team reached the scene immediately after being
notified,” said Chand. “We have deployed police personnel to secure the
area. The legal process is underway to hand over the body to the family.”
In recent years, several residents living near forests in Jhapa have died
due to attacks by wild elephants. People collecting grass, firewood,
mushrooms, and fern shoots, or grazing livestock in the forest, have
increasingly fallen victim to such attacks.
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