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Bengal: Three elephants die in suspected power trap in Midnapore

Midnapore, Sep 27 (UNI) Days after fishermen risked their lives to rescue an elephant calf from the raging Teesta and help reunite it with its mother, three elephants—two calves and an adult—were found dead together in a paddy field in West Midnapore’s Junglemahal on Sunday, with suspected electrocution putting the spotlight on a potentially lethal power connection.
The three carcasses were found in the Hartara area under the Ranja beat of the Pirakata range early on Sunday after locals went to the fields for work. The elephants were lying close to one another, triggering an immediate rush of villagers and forest officials to the spot.
The Forest Department has not yet confirmed electrocution as the cause of death. But the circumstances have raised serious questions, as an electricity line had reportedly been taken across the agricultural field to operate a pump.
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