Wild pachyderm found dead

HT Correspondent
MARGHERITA, Oct 8: A wild elephant was found dead mysteriously on Saturday morning in Powai Forest Village of Margherita East Range Forest Office under Digboi Forest Division of Tinsukia district.
The elephant was found lying in the sewer of a private tea plantation in Powai Forest Village area. According to the local people, the wild elephant died after falling into the one-foot-deep sewer.
Some locals are suspecting that the elephant may have died due to electrical short or poisonous pesticide sprayed in the tea plantations.
“However, the cause of death of the wild elephant will be revealed only after the post-mortem report,” said a forest department employee.
On the other hand, dense forest reserves are shrinking due to deforestation where precious trees are chopped mercilessly by timber thieves.
The death of wild elephants in the forests in search of food have worried nature lovers for which they have demanded the immediate transfer of the TC Ranjith Ram Divisional Forest officer of Digboi Forest Division under Tinsukia district.