Wild elephants kill 3 in Chattogram

Three people were trampled to death by wild elephants in Kadurkhil, Syednagar and Joistapura areas of Boalkhali upazila in Chattogram this morning.  

The deceased were identified as Abu Taher Mistri, 60, Jaker Hossain, 65, former headmaster of BB Govt Primary School, and farmer Abdul Mabud, 60.

Member from ward-1 of Kadurkhil union parishad Abdul Karim said a herd of 4-5 elephants attacked Taher while he was working at his mustard field Sharifpara in the morning, leaving him dead on the spot.

The wild elephants swooped on Jaker Hossain near Chandarhat Jame Mosque in Syednager, leaving him critically injured, said his daughter Fahmina Afroz. 

Later, he was taken to Upazila Health Complex from where he was shifted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead, she added.

On the way to the hill, the elephant herd attacked farmer Abdul Mabud at Amirpara of Joustapura, leaving him dead on the spot. 

On Saturday, nine elephants came down to the locality and stayed at a nut orchard near Purbo Kadurkhil throughout the night.