Boko, Jan 5: The body of a wild elephant calf was found in Hahim Nowapara village along the Assam-Meghalaya border of Boko on Friday. The body of a dead elephant calf was found in a paddy field near the Nowapara Hills by locals. After that, locals informed the state forest department, and the Bondapara Forest Range Office staff reached the spot. The dead elephant calf was 8–9 months old, according to the forest department.

The forest department and locals have not known the cause of death, but the forest department has arranged for a post-mortem examination. The wild elephants have been entering the village area in search of food for many years in the Hahim area of Boko along the Assam-Meghalaya border.

This has resulted in the deaths and injuries of many people in the Hahim area, and wild elephants have also died and been injured due to various causes, including human-elephant conflict. People in the area alleged that the state forest department failed to control the situation that occurs often in the Hahim area every year.

It is to be mentioned that the body of another 15-day-old wild elephant calf was found near the Hahim River on November 20 last year.

After the death of the elephant calf, the people of the Hahim area paid their last tribute with flowers, burned basil, incense, candles, and frankincense, and gave Gamucha to the carcage of the elephant calf.

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