Teliamura, 18 June 2022: A dead elephant calf was found floating in a pond in the deep forest of Shanti Lunga in Haradhan Para of Chakmaghat area under Teliamura subdivision forest department. In Teliamura sub-division, there was a storm of criticism against the forest department over the death of an elephant cub.
It is learned that a young man from the local area came to graze cows on Saturday morning and found a dead elephant cub floating in the pond. Locals witnessed the incident and tried to inform SDFO Sabir Kanti Das of Teliamura sub-divisional forest department over phone. Despite the repeated calls, SDFO did not feel the need to receive the phone call from the locals.
Later, when the locals informed the district forest officer about the incident, the staff of the forest department was sent to the spot without any delay. Forest officials went to the spot and found the death of the elephant cub. When SDFO Shabir Kanti Das was asked about the death of this elephant cub, he did not help the journalists in any way.
Meanwhile, the locals said that the death of the baby elephant could have taken about 2-3 days ago. According to the idea of the locals the baby elephant was born within a week. Some locals are of the opinion that this weak elephant cub may have died after went to drinking water.
Meanwhile, the Teliamura subdivision forest department needed to be aware of the conservation of wild-tailed elephants in the forests of Teliamura subdivision and their conservation and their current status. But sadly, even though an elephant calf was born a week ago, the forest department had no news. That is why elephant cubs come to the pond to drink water and drown in the water of the pond.
Meanwhile, the cause of death of the elephant calf may be revealed in the autopsy.
Hiranmay Chakraborty report, Teliamura
