A wild elephant was found dead near the Gajni border of Sherpur's Jhenaigati upazila early on Saturday, forest officials said.
This is the third carcass of a wild elephant found in the district in the past four months.
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Quamrul Islam Akond, an officer of the Jhenaigati Forest Department, said the elephant was 10-11 years old.
Locals first spotted the carcass of the elephant in Halchatigram and informed the Forest Department.
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“Prima facie, it seemed that the elephant died naturally. However, a postmortem will be conducted to determine the cause of death,” said Quamrul.
In November last year, forest officials recovered the carcasses of two other wild elephants in the district.
