Wild elephants kill Bangladeshi citizen

A Bangladeshi civilian was killed across the border in South Garo Hills after a herd of wild elephants roaming in search of food entered a village close to the international border on Friday night. More than a dozen pachyderms were spotted in a group searching for food in the Sibbari area of South Garo Hills and are believed to be the same herd that had crossed the border into Bangladesh territory, where the incident occurred during the late night.

The same night, another herd entered the Zongkol Kongkona border area, outside Baghmara town, and reportedly damaged a blacksmith shop and an empty shed. Herds of elephants are roaming in different parts of the Garo Hills Because the dry dry season is increasing and there is a shortage of food for these majestic animals. With human encroachment rapidly spreading into their age-old habitat areas and movement corridors, man-animal conflict is increasing with every passing year. Elephants are now being seen even outside the perimeter of Tura city, which was previously an extremely It was a rare sight.