Elephant electrocuted at army cantonment in West Bengal
August 15th, 2009 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANSKolkata, Aug 15 (IANS) An adult female elephant was killed after getting entangled in electified fencing at an army cantonment in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district late Friday night, a forest department official said Saturday.
“An elephant was electrocuted when it entered an army cantonment near Binnaguri forest area and got entangled in electrified fencing. It died on the spot. The army personnel found the elephant lying dead this morning and informed us,” Jalpaiguri district’s divisional forest officer-2 Biman Biswas told IANS.
He said the elephant came from Chapramari forest area in Dooars region and entered a village Friday night in search of food.
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Tags: army personnel, biswas, cantonment, elephant, female elephant, fencing, forest area, forest department, forest officer, friday night, jalpaiguri district, kolkata, west bengal
