The Chhattisgarh government has suspended two employees and attached three officers in the Forest Department after an elephant was found dead in the Surajpur Forest Range, it was announced on Wednesday.
Surajpur DFO Duleshwar Prasad Sahu has been attached to the PCCF head office in Nava Raipur while Pratappur Deputy DFO B.K. Lakra and Pratappur Forest Officer Premchand Mishra have been attached to the office of Chief Conservator of Forest in Ambikapur.
Pratappur Ranger Vijay Kumar Kujur and Forest Guard Man Singh have been suspended, an official order said.
The animal's carcass was found at the farm of a farmer in Banhar village in the Dharamjaigarh Forest Division. Preliminary investigation suggested electrocution as the cause for the elephant’s death.