Haridwar, Oct 2 (PTI) 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 three days in the Khanpur Range. A dead elephant was also found in the Rasulpur forest beat of the range on September 26.

The forest department has banned the use of live electric wires in fields after the two elephant deaths.

Haridwar Divisional Forest Officer Swapnil Anirudh said that the elephant's carcass was found i

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