Guwahati, Mar 7: Two members of the same family, including an elderly woman, were trampled to death by a wild elephant at Brahman Tea Estate under Pengaree Police Station in eastern Assam’s Tinsukia district on Friday night.
The victims, an 85-year-old mother and her 45-year-old son, were residents of Line No. 4 of the tea estate.
The incident reportedly occurred around 11 pm when the family was asleep inside their residence.
“The wild elephant had strayed from the nearby Upper Dehing Reserve Forest (West Block), entered the labour lines of the tea garden and attacked the house where the victims were sleeping. The elephant broke into the structure and trampled the two to death on the spot before moving back towards the forest,” said a relative of the victims.
Soon after the incident, police and officials from the forest department reached the spot and initiated the necessary legal formalities.
Villages and tea garden labour lines located along the forest boundary, particularly in the Pengaree, Doomdooma and Digboi belt, have reported repeated elephant incursions in recent months.
“This was not the first such incident in Tinsukia district. In search of food, elephants are venturing into village areas, resulting in conflict,” said a local resident.
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