Summary:
Following the public outcry, the police registered a case under section 304A (negligent cause of death) of the Indian Penal Code and took the female elephant and her calf into custody.
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A female elephant and her 8-month-old calf have been accused of killing a minor in Assam.
The police have taken the elephant and her child into custody and handed them over to the forest department.
Last week, on July 8, a boy was allegedly killed by an elephant named Dulumoni in the Bokokhat areas of Golaghat.
Following the public outcry, the police registered a case under section 304A (negligent cause of death) of the Indian Penal Code and took the female elephant and her calf into custody.
On July 8, a 14-year-old boy was attacked by an elephant in the Bokokhat area of ​​Golaghat, after which the boy died.
After the incident, there was a demand to take action against the elephant.
People had expressed anger over this incident.
They say that the terror of elephants has started increasing in the state.