The carcass of a pregnant elephant with both of her tusks removed was found in the Similipal National Park in Mayrubhanj district on Friday.
A patrolling party of the national park found the body of the 17-year-old elephant in Koirakocha nullha in the Bisoi Range and retrieved it from the 20-feet-deep
nullha.
"We found cut mark on the neck of the elephant. Its both tusks were uprooted," said a wildlife warden, who visited the site."We suspect that the elephant was killed three days ago and dumped into the nullha," a senior forest official said.
