The elephant died of electrocution, as a low hanging high-tension wire of 11,000 volts was found in the field.”He said autopsy confirmed the cause of death as electrocution. Regional chief conservator of forest (RCCF), Jamshedpur, Vishwanath Shah, said the forest department might take legal action against the electricity department for flouting norms of wire height in wildlife dominated areas. On June 16, a baby elephant died at Palamau Tiger Reserve after it went to quench its thirst in a pond where its leg stuck in a big stone. In Jharkhand, on an average eight elephants were killed annually in past one decade. As per the elephant mortality data with the state forest department, a total of 82 elephants were killed from 2009-10 to 2018-19.

Source: Hindustan Times July 01, 2019 21:54 UTC