Lakhimpur Kheri, Nov 12 : A 17-year-old teenager was trampled to death by an elephant in the buffer forests of the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district while he was taking photographs of a herd of the tuskers.Lakhimpur Kheri : , Nov 12, 2012: A teenager aged 17 was killed by an elephant while photographing a herd tuskers in the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, Uttar Pradesh. The incident took place on Thursday afternoon when Mangat Singh, son of a farmer, moved closer to the herd while taking their pictures.Mangat Singh (son of a farmer) moved closer to his herd during a photo shoot.
A tusker attacked him, killing him on the spot.He was attacked by a tusker, and he died instantly.
Officials said the herd had been camping in Dalrajpur and its neighbouring village Taparpurva since earlier this week and had destroyed standing sugarcane crop and banana trees in the area.Officials claimed that the herd was camping at Dalrajpura and Taparpurva, destroying the sugarcane crops and banana trees.
Meanwhile, a video has surfaced, showing an unidentified person opening fire at a tusker that had a narrow escape.Unidentified persons have been caught on video opening fire at the tusker, with only a short escape.
The elephant, however, went berserk, uprooting an electric pole and destroying sugarcane crop.However, the elephant went insane and uprooted an electrical pole, thereby destroying the sugarcane crops.
Officials claimed that the video was shot before the tusker killed the youth.Officials claim that video was taken before the youth died from the tusker.
Deputy director, DTR (buffer), Anil Patel said that they have sent a team to the village to monitor the situation.Anil Patel, DTR buffer’s deputy director, stated that they had sent a team into the village to assess the situation.
“We are trying to push the herd into the wild.We are trying to get the herd out into the wild.
Besides, we will also investigate whether the bullet was fired in the air or aimed at the elephant,” he said.He added that we would also examine whether the bullet hit the elephant from the air or the ground.
This is the second such incident within a month when a man was killed by a wild elephant.It is only the second time in a month that a man has been killed by an elephant.
On October 11, a wild elephant had killed a youth while he was attempting to take a selfie in the Mohammadi range of the Reserve.A wild elephant killed a young man trying to take a photo in the Mohammadi Range of the Reserve on October 11 #Dudhwa #Teens #trampled #elephant
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