One more elephant ‘electrocuted’ in Cox’s Bazar

The killing spree of Asian Elephant is continuing with another found buried under mud -- presumably killed by electrocution -- in Chakaria forest of Cox's Bazar today.

The male elephant was recovered today as forest officials sent a team to conduct an autopsy of the flagship species struggling to survive in southern and eastern forest regions of Bangladesh, reports our Chattogram staff correspondent.

Rafiqul Islam Chowdhury, divisional forest officer of Wildlife and Nature Conservation Division, Chattogram told The Daily Star that the elephant was killed in electrocution in the deep forest of Toitong of Chakaria upazila two days ago.

"On information, we recovered the body of the elephant. An autopsy is underway. We have collected the information of the perpetrators. We will sue them after the autopsy report comes," he said.

Over the last eight days, six elephants were killed in shooting or electrocution across the country.