Two trampled to death by wild tusker in Jalpaiguri

MP | Kolkata: A 45-year-old man and one woman were trampled to death by a wild tusker. The incident took place in Hindupara division of Gayerkata tea garden in Jalpaiguri on Friday morning.

Police are yet to ascertain the identity of the woman, while the other victim has been identified as Karmi Minaz (45). Some locals on Friday morning found that the victims lying inside the tea garden.

According to the preliminary investigation, police suspect that the incident might have occurred on Thursday night. Police are investigating as to why the victims went into the tea garden during the night. According to the injury marks found on their bodies, it is suspected that they were killed in an elephant attack. The exact cause of their death is yet to be ascertained by the police.

Locals on Friday morning reported the matter to the forest department officials who rushed to the spot. They took both the victims to a nearby hospital where they were declared brought dead.

Police are trying to ascertain the identity of the woman victim.

They suspect that both the victims went to the spot to meet each other when they might have been attacked by an elephant.

The victims could not flee the spot as the tusker might have appeared at the garden all of a sudden. The exact reason behind their deaths is yet to be confirmed by

the police.

The investigating officers are waiting for the post-mortem report.

The locals, however, informed the police that incidents of elephant attacks in the area is nothing new. People have died in elephant attacks in the past as well.