Family members of the victim

In a horrific instance of human-animal conflict, a man was trampled to death by a wild elephant when he tried to drive away the tusker at Dadagiri in Chirang district along Indo-Bhutan border.

The incident took place at 8.30 pm last night at Dadgiri under Runikhata police station of the district.

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Lankeswar Basumatary, 43, a farmer, died on the spot after the elephant attacked him.

Locals said a herd of five to six wild jumbos, which sneaked into the area from the Bhutan jungle, went on rampage in the village.

โ€œWhen the villagers had tried to chase away the elephant, the elephant attacked Basumatary and trampled him to death,โ€ said a villager.

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The herd subsequently disappeared into the forest.

According to villagers, incidents of human-elephant conflict are increasing in the area.

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