July 05, 2026 10:16 pm (IST)
Wild elephants kill five persons in Assam
Guwahati, May 29 (IBNS): Wild elephants killed at least five people in Assam's Udalguri and Baska district on Thursday, officials said on Friday.
Four people killed in Udalguri district and another person was killed in Baska district along Indo-Bhutan border.
Herds of wild elephant came to the villages of bordering areas of Bhutan to search foods.
Marshall Daimari (40), a small tea grower of Dimakuchi, Babulal Gaur (38) of No.2 Sonajuli, Josinta Karmakar (35) and her daughter Shilla Karmakar (10) were killed in three separate incidents in Udalguri district while another man belonging to Bodo community were killed in Baska district by wild elephants.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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