Guwahati: A woman-daughter duo was killed by wild elephants in Assam’s Udalguri district, officials said on Tuesday.
The duo died while they were sleeping in their house, the officials stated.
Superintendent of Police (SP), Udalguri district, Pushkin Jain mentioned that the incident happened on Monday night in the Dimakuchi area - a locality adjacent to an elephant corridor.
He said: “A 60-year-old mother and her daughter aged about 40 years were sleeping in one of the houses that the elephants destroyed in the locality. After the elephants left the area, the bodies were found.”
The deceased were identified as Lalmek Karmakar and her daughter Apu Karmakar.
The bodies were sent for post-mortem at Udalguri Civil Hospital.
Residents protested against the Forest Department on Tuesday morning, claiming ignorance of the increasing man-animal conflict.
Notably, to mitigate the man-animal conflict, Hasti Kanya of Assam, 67-year-old Parbati Baruah have done a lot of work. (IANS)
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