Woman killed by elephant

Tribune News Service

Dehradun, June 22

In two wildlife related incidents in Uttarakhand, a woman was trampled by an elephant in Haridwar whereas two poachers were nabbed from Tehri district of the state.

Victim Savitri Devi, 55, a resident of Uttam Basti in Haridwar had gone to collect fire wood on Wednesday inside adjoining Rajaji Tiger reserve when an elephant attacked her on the Kharkari compartment of the reserve killing her on the spot. When she did not return home, Savitri’s husband Brijendra went for a search but could not find her. Today forest guards recovered the body of Savitri from the reserve.

In another incident, two poachers were arrested from Tehri district of the state and two tusks were seized from them. The 

two were identified as Saeed  and Bhundu,  hailing from Bijnor district. The two tusks weighed around 10 kg.