Baripada, July 13: An adult tusker was found dead on Saturday near a village in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district.
It was revealed after an elephant carcass was spotted in the backyard of one Mohan Hansda’s house at Kiakhai village under the Nakichua Gram Panchayat limit in the morning.
Local sources said,the elephant was straying in the area from late at night. Meanwhile, it collapsed in the morning while it was passing the Kiakhai village street.
Locals informed the Morada Forest Range officials in this connection.
The reason behind the death of the pachyderm is yet to be ascertained.