A female wild elephant was found dead on Monday early morning at Bijubandh village jungle under Kacharu panchayat of Kuarmunda block.
According to sources, the villagers saw the carcass and a broken electric pole with an 11-KV wire falling beside it. They immediately informed the Forest officials.
Kuarmunda Forest ranger BK Ghadei and his team rushed to the spot. According to Ghadei, while roaming in the area, the elephant came in contact with the electric pole. On hitting it, the pole broke off with the heavy electricity line falling on the elephant. The pachyderm died on the spot. The postmortem report is awaited. The incident must have occurred at around 4 am on Monday, said Ghadei.