Assam: Toddler among 3 stomped on to death by elephants in Udalguri

Assam: Toddler among 3 stomped on to death by elephants in Udalguri. Three members of a family, including an infant, were trampled to death by a herd of wild elephants in Assam’s Udalguri district late on Tuesday night.

The incident took place in Kamlabari, a remote village of Nazara area under Mazbat sub-division along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border.
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Three members of the same family – Nabin Basumatary (53), his wife Jamini Basumatary (33) and their 18-month-old child Hadanashwa Basumatary – were killed in the Jumbo attack.

According to local villagers, a herd of wild elephants entered their village late at night and destroyed several houses besides damaging paddy fields.
As the elephants wreaked havoc in the village, the terrified Basumatary family began to flee and were attacked by the giant animals. However, another seven-year-old girl, Nizara Basumatary, miraculously escaped being attacked by the pachyderms.

Death elephants Udalguri, Clashes between humans and elephants are not new in remote areas of Udalguri district. According to official figures, the damage caused by such conflicts in Udalguri is staggering.
Between 2010 and 2019, 62 elephants and 155 people have been victims of human-elephant fighting in the district, while 4,978 houses and 2,143 hectares of crops were also damaged during the same period.