Tezpur, Assam: Five members of a family, including a nine-day-old infant, were trampled to death by a wild elephant in Assam's Biswanath Chariali district bordering Arunachal Pradesh, a forest official said.
The six-member family were sleeping inside their hut last night when the jumbo, coming from nearby Behali Reserve Forest, attacked their house and trampled to death five members while a three-year old managed to escape at Thandapani in Behmari panchyat under Behali police station area.
The deceased have been identified as 35-year-old Maji Murmu, his wife Suny Kimbu, their 10-year-old daughter Lakhi Murmu, four-year old Mohagini Murmu and the family's nine-day-old child, the official said.
The police reached the spot this morning and sent the bodies for post-mortem.
The six-member family were sleeping inside their hut last night when the jumbo, coming from nearby Behali Reserve Forest, attacked their house and trampled to death five members while a three-year old managed to escape at Thandapani in Behmari panchyat under Behali police station area.
The deceased have been identified as 35-year-old Maji Murmu, his wife Suny Kimbu, their 10-year-old daughter Lakhi Murmu, four-year old Mohagini Murmu and the family's nine-day-old child, the official said.
The police reached the spot this morning and sent the bodies for post-mortem.
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