Villager killed in elephant attack near Garobadha
The Meghalayan
March 29, 2024
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A villager has lost his life after being attacked by a wild elephant while
attempting to take a picture on Good Friday morning in the village of
Harigaon, under Garobadha area of West Garo Hills district.
The lone pachyderm has been moving around the area for the last couple of
days in search of food and this morning was spotted in the fields
surrounding Harigaon village.
Seeing the beast in the field, curiosity got the better of a 50 year old
villager who went over reportedly to take a picture when the elephant gave
chase and attacked him.
“We received reports the victim had gone close to take a picture when he
was attacked. We believe it is the same elephant that was moving around
Wakagre area outside Tura in the last couple of weeks,” informed Wildlife
DFO Rupankar Marak.
The deceased has been identified as Abing D. Marak of Harigaon,Mukdangra.
The body of the victim has since been retrieved by police teams and taken
for a postmortem.
DFO Marak has urged the public to avoid coming in close proximity to the
wild animals to avoid such incidents.
Wildlife experts say the elephants are very sensitive and get traumatized
by loud noise, especially when humans explode firecrackers and tend to
react with an attack when seeing a human.
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