Rangamati dead elephant

Rangamati dead elephant

A forest department official applies bleaching powder to an elephant carcass to deter grave robbers after miscreants attempted to exhume the remains to steal meat and bones. Photo: TBS

Miscreants attempt to dig up buried elephant for meat in Rangamati

According to locals, around 20 to 25 people went to the burial site at about 1am, carrying spades and machetes, and tried to dig up the carcass to remove meat from the buried elephant.

The elephant was considered one of the largest and oldest in the area. Photo: Collected

Dead wild elephant buried after autopsy in Rangamati