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Some irate Asian elephants
In a sad incident, a young man was gored and killed by a wild elephant herd in Bankura district of West Bengal on Saturday.

According to information, the incident occurred in Kuchkunda village under Barjora forest range of the district in the early hours of Saturday while the 25-year-old man was sleeping outside his house.

A senior forest official said that the village in which the incident occurred is situated on the periphery of a heavily forested tract.

He said that a herd of four elephants had strayed into the village in search of food and water. "The victim was sleeping outside his house when he was unfortunately attacked by one of the four elephants."

The grievously injured victim was rushed to the local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries, added the forest official.

Virtually giving a clean chit to the rogue elephant, an expert said, "such type of incident occurs because the strayed elephant are often teased by the villagers and due to this the wild pachyderms develops a sense of hatred for humans. On getting smell of humans they invariably attack unprovoked," added the expert.