Jhapa: A wild tusker crushed an elderly person to death at Mechinagar Municipality-10 on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Panna Devi Saha, 80, informed Mechinagar ward 10 chairperson Narayan Khanal.
According to him, the elephant crushed her to death on the road while she was on her way to pick flowers for prayers.
Only six days ago too, a wild tusker had killed Giren Karmakar, 53, of Halidibari rural municipality-2 while he was collecting mushrooms. Chief of Division Forest Office Jhapa Meghraj Rai informed that at least eight people have lost their lives in elephant attacks in Jhapa in the current fiscal year.
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