Daijiworld Media Network - Kolkata

Kolkata, Oct 23: In two tragic incidents within a span of 24 hours, three people — including a woman and her infant daughter — were killed in separate elephant attacks in West Bengal’s Alipurduar district, highlighting the growing human–elephant conflict in the region.

Forest officials said the first incident occurred late Wednesday near Madarihat, close to the Jaldapara National Park, when an elephant suddenly attacked Kader Ali, a resident of Chekamari, as he was returning home. Locals rushed the severely injured man to the Madarihat Rural Hospital, but he succumbed to his injuries shortly after arrival.

The second attack took place early Thursday in Madhya Khayerbari, where Sonia Munda and her 18-month-old daughter, Lakshmi, were sitting outside th

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