Elephant tramples minor to death

A minor boy was trampled to death by an elephant at Gangarampur Bridge in Tala upazila yesterday. The deceased was identified as Riyad Hossain, 9, son of Hasan Gazi of the village. Mehedi Russell, officer-in-charge of Tala Police Station, said an elephant, which was tied to a pillar of a bridge. Riyad was among onlookers, observing the elephant.


At that point, the animal wrapped its trunk around the child, and trampled him to death around 8 am, said the OC.However, police could not arrest its mahout as he had managed to flee the scene.

Elephant tramples Satkhira minor An elephant trampled a minor boy to death at Gangarampur Bridge in Tala upazila yesterday.


The victim was identified as Riyad Hossain, 9, son of Hasan Gazi of Gangarampur village.Tala Police Station Officer-in Charge Mehedi Russell said Riyad with others were beholding the elephant, tied to a pillar of a bridge.


At that time, the elephant wrapped its trunk around Riyad, and trampled him to death around 8am, said the OC.
However, police could not arrest the elephant's mahout as he managed to flee the scene.


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