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Elephant charging.
A member of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has been killed in an attack by wild elephant in Pechar Dwip Pahari area under Ramu upazila of Cox's Bazar district.

The deceased is Md Habibur Rahman, 43, son of Abdur Rashid Gazi, of Kandi village in Jhalakathi.

Cox's Bazar BGB 17 Captain Khondokar Saiful Alam said: "A BGB team conducted a special drive in the area early Thursday to catch the passengers and brokers who use the route to intrude into Malaysia."

He said Habibur got injured when wild elephant attacked him.

Meanwhile, other BGB members fired three rounds of ammunition to bring the elephant under control.

Later, the duty doctor declared Habibur dead when he was taken to Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital.