A farmer was killed and another injured after being attacked by a wild elephant while trying to protect their crops in Sherpur.
The incident took place at around 3am on Friday in Julgaon area of the Sreebardi upazila border region.
The deceased was identified as Abdul Karim, 35, of the area.
The injured farmer Khabir Hossain was admitted to Sreebardi Upazila 50-bed Hospital, confirmed Sreebardi police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Biplob Kumar Biswas.
"Abdul Karim was crushed to death by an elephant. His body has been kept at his house and a regular unnatural death case has been filed at the police station,” said the OC.
According to police, the forest department and local sources, groups of wild elephants have been coming down from the hills for some time in search of food in the croplands of the border town of Sherpur.
In the early hours of Friday, a group of wild elephants raided the paddy field in Julgaon area under Balijuri Forest in Sreebardi.
Abdul Karim was killed on the spot when local farmers tried to chase away the elephants to protect the paddy field.