2 teams deployed to tranquilize elephant that killed BHEL employee

Dehradun | Friday | 16th November, 2018

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Haridwar: Two teams from Rajaji tiger Reserve have been deployed in Haridwar forest range to trap an elephant which trampled a 52-year-old BHEL employee to death earlier this week. Joint patrolling is also being done in BHEL area with the help of Haridwar forest division.” The man is believed to have been attacked by the same elephant which was tranquillized earlier this year after it killed two men. But the elephant found its way back to the Haridwar range and trampled the victim, Virendra Singh to death.Director of Rajaji Tiger Reserve Sanatan Sonkar said, “Two teams have been posted in Haridwar range to trace the exact location of the elephant. The jumbo was shifted to Chila range after installing a radio caller on it..