A 35-year-old wild elephant was electrocuted near Nirjadih village, around 25 km from here, under Patamda police station of East Singhbhum district. The area where the incident took place falls under Dalma Forest range.
Forester Mangal Kashyap said the male tusker was moving towards the village in search of food when the elephant came in contact with a live electric wire hanging loose after hailstorm.
"As per our information the elephant was moving towards the village for food when due to rain a live wire was hanging and the wild animal got in touch with it. Forest officials arrived at the spot and process was on to bury the pachyderm following a post-mortem,” he said.