The decomposed carcass of a female elephant, aged about 45 years, was recovered on Friday by forest officials at Badajora under the Baniabandha Reserve Forest of the Badamba Forest Range area.
On a tipoff from woodcutters, the forest officials along Badamba Range Officer Subash Chandra Ratha and ACF Raj Kisore Das rushed to the spot and recovered the carcass.
An autopsy of the pachyderm was conducted by veterinary surgeons of Maniabandha. The cause of the death would be cleared after viscera report comes. The elephant died at least three to five days back, said ACF Das.