Elephant brutally attacks a man in West Bengal (video)

The elephant tossed the man around like a toy, in one of many such recent incidents in the country.

By: PTI
Burdwan | March 21, 2016 04:11 PM IST

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viral video, elephant attacks man, brutal attack, elephants on rampage, Kashpur, Monteswar, West Bengal, Burdwan

An elderly farmer was trampled to death by an elephant at Kashpur on March 21, 2016, the police said. The police informed that the elephant has been moving around and creating panic among the locals in the district.

The incident occurred when a herd of five elephants attacked two farmers working in the fields in the morking. While one person escaped, his brother Anil Bagdi (64) was trampled to death by one of the elephants, a police officer said.

Forest guards are trying to drive away the elephant to the nearby forest, he said. Meanwhile, one of the five elephants that killed four persons in Manteshwar police station area died when tranquiliser shots were fired at him last night, DFO Ajay Kumar Das said. Watch the video here.

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