Wild elephant kills man in Chattogram, 1 injured
According to eyewitnesses, the elephant flung him away by its trunk
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A man was reportedly killed in a wild elephant attack in Chattogram's Satkania upazila on Sunday (6 December).
The deceased was identified as Nesar Ahmed, 52, an auto-rickshaw driver.
A man named Nitya Lal Das, 65, was critically injured during the attack.
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The incident took place around 8.30pm at Dharmapur union of Satkania upazila.
Anowar Hossen, officer in charge (OC) of Satkania Police Station, told The Business Standard, "While auto-rickshaw driver Nesar Ahmed was returning home after work, the elephant attacked him out of the blue."
"Later, he was taken to a local hospital where the duty doctor declared him dead," he added.
According to eyewitnesses, the elephant flung him away by its trunk.
