An army jawan was tragically trampled to death by an elephant in Assam’s Guwahati, reports emerged on Saturday.
As per the reports, the incident took place at the Narengi army camp in Guwahati. The jawan was on duty when at around 7 pm in the evening the tusker attacked and killed him.
Meanwhile, the identity of the deceased jawan has come to the fore. He has been recognized as Khamliang Khap, aged 52 years and a resident of Dimapur in Nagaland.
Moreover, it has come to the fore that the jawan was on duty at the Satgaon camp’s DSC area 222 when the incident took place.
Following the attack, the jawan was immediately rushed to the Basistha Base Hospital. However, he was declared dead there.
It may be noted that wild elephants roam freely inside the Narengi army camp area and there have been several incidents of conflict in the past. However, no such conflicts had resulted in loss of lives before.
Amidst a loss of habitat for wild elephants, human – elephant conflicts have become a common occurrence in the state. Earlier in January, a herd of around 50 wild tuskers continued to cause troubles in Assam’ Goalpara district.
The herd damaged several residences and uprooted many trees in the region.
According to reports, the herd of around 40 to 50 wild elephants came out of the wilderness at Agia Dwarka’s Kesuridubi in the Goalpara district. The herd reduced at least one house to dust, also destroying the paddy harvests of the village.
The victim whose house was destroyed by the elephants was identified as Amal Chandra Barman. In yet another incident of human-elephant conflict in Assam’s Goalpara district that took place in December, last year, an elephant attacked a village and caused massive destruction.
The incident took place at Dhekiabari village where the elephant came in search of food. It destroyed houses of several families. The tusker devoured paddy and rice in the barn in a carnage that went on in the area for about an hour.
However, no casualties were reported in the incident. The week before, a young man was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Lakhipur. The deceased was identified as Marcel Sangma.
