Jalpaiguri: A sub-adult male tusker was electrocuted at Mandalpara in Alipurduar’s Kalchini block early on Tuesday, reports Pinak Priya Bhattacharya.
Villagers found the carcass in a paddy field on the Nimti-Chilapata Elephant Corridor, which has faced rampant human encroachment over the decades. With this, over 20 jumbos have died in north Bengal due to electrification over the past five years. The Buxa Tiger Reserve forest authority has detained a few people for allegedly laying electric wires open on the fields.
