The carcass of an elephant calf was found in the Devuin reserve forest under Narsinghpur (East) range on Monday.According to Athagarh DFO Arun Kumar Mishra, the elephant calf aged about three months died due to vigorous navel infection probably on Sunday night.
Forest personnel recovered the calf’s body, and after its autopsy by Kanpur veterinary surgeons it was buried in the same jungle.