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Two Farmers Arrested Following Elephant's Death In Haridwar Forest Division

This is the second elephant death in five days in the Khanpur Range. A dead elephant was found in the range on September 26.

Haridwar: Two farmers were arrested in connection with an elephant that was found dead, prima facie due to electrocution in the Haridwar forest division in Uttarakhand, officials said.

Officials said that a post-mortem examination is being conducted to determine the exact cause of death of the elephant. The body was found in a field in the Raighati area of the Khanpur Range here on Monday.

This is the second elephant death in five days in the Khanpur Range. A dead elephant was also found in the Rasulpur forest beat of the range on September 26.

The forest de

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