Guwahati, Nov 27:In a tragic incident, two persons, including a 12-year-old girl and a woman, were trampled to death by wild elephants in two separate incidents in Assam’s Tinsukia and Goalpara districts.

The first incident happened at Tinsukia’s Doomdooma area, where a minor girl was trampled to death by an adult male elephant. She was returning home after attending a religious event with her family when the incident happened.

According to a forest official, the family members informed them about the incident, and a team of forest officials reached the spot and took the girl to a nearby hospital, where the doctors declared her dead.

After the incident, the villagers got angry and raised their voices against the forest department for failing to solve the issue. Doomdooma MLA Rupesh Gowala reached the spot to take stock of the situation.

Gowala scolded the forest department and held them responsible for the incident.

“Because of you people (the Forest Department), we have to face the public wrath.”

In the second incident, a 40-year-old woman was trampled to death after she came in front of a wild elephant in the early hours in Assam’s Goalpara.

According to the forest officials, more than 10 such incidents have been reported from various parts of Assam this year so far. In one incident, an on-duty forest official was also killed.

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