In a chilling reminder of the escalating human-wildlife conflict near Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, a 31-year-old farmer, Ruplal Malo, was fatally attacked by a wild buffalo on Monday.
A 55-year-old man was critically injured when a rhino, which had strayed from the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, attacked him at Jhargaon Kholoni Beel in Assam’s Morigaon district on Monday morning.