Agartala , October 01: An eight-month-old baby, of bordering Chandipur village in North Tripura, died after an elephant wounded him severely with its tusks.
Police today said the child’s mother had brought him near the elephant yesterday to get the tusker’s ”blessings” but the animal instead gobbled up the infant and then spat out the victim within a few minutes.
The child sustained severe injuries and was immediately shifted to Rajib Gandhi Memorial Hospital at Kailashahar but he succumbed to his injuries in the hospital.
In a separate incident, a forest Range Officer was hacked to death inside Rowa bird sanctuary in North Tripura last night. Police later recovered the body, but no arrests have been made so far.
—Agencies