Elephant calf killed in Uttarakhand

An elephant calf was on Friday killed after it fell into a river at Roopgarhdev area of Laldhang range of Pauri district, an official said.

The incident took place in Kotdwar forest division when an elephant herd was walking on a hill top and the elephant calf fell into the river. It died instantly, said Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Kotdwar Narendra Singh.

Other members of the herd are not allowing the forest officials to come near the carcass, he said, efforts are being made to take it in possession so that it can be sent for a postmortem.

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