Elephant dies of electrocution in Jharkhand’s Khunti

An elephant was electrocuted to death in Jharkhand’s Khunti district in the early hours of Thursday after it came into contact with a live electric wire, a forest department official said.

The incident took place at Tetri village after the single-tusk elephant



brushed against the live wire of 11,000 volts, he said.

“The jumbo was moving from the direction of the Koel River towards Tetari village when it came into contact with a low-hanging electric wire and died,” Khunti Divisional Forest Officer Dileep Kumar Yadav told Media.