Haridwar: Two tuskers were found dead in Haridwar forest division on Monday and a one-year-old leopard cub was also found dead in Shyampur range by forest officials.The first elephant death was reported from Jiyapota village under the jurisdiction of Hariwdar range of the division where a 15-year-old tusker was electrocuted after it came in contact with an electric wire tied to a fence on agriculture land illegally.Haridwar divisional officer, Akash Verma, said, “We have collected several evidence from the spot but we are awaiting post mortem report to initiate action against the land owner who is absconding after the incident.”Another tusker died near Jhilmil lake reserve area in Rasiabad range of Haridwar forest division on Monday. Forest officials said that the 15 year old tusker was killed by another elephant.Verma said, “Our patrolling team found body of a tusker in the wee hours of Monday in Rasiabad range. It was trapped in a pit and got serious injuries during fighting with another tusker. We conducted post mortem and buried it at the spot.”Meanwhile, a one-year-old leopard cub was found dead near Chandighat area under the jurisdiction of Shyampur range. According to the forest officials, it was suffering from disease and the cause of death is said to be natural.Recently, two other elephant deaths have been reported from the district. Earlier, a 10-year-old male and another adult female jumbo were killed after being hit by the speeding Nanda Devi Express while passing through Rajaji Tiger Reserve.

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