Kolkata: Three persons, including one woman and a child, have been killed in two separate incidents of elephant attack in West Bengal during the last 24 hours.

The deaths have been reported from the Alipurduar district in North Bengal.

According to state forest department officials, the first casualty because of the elephant attack took place at Madarihat area in Alipurduar district, when a person returning home was suddenly attacked by an elephant on the road adjacent to the Jaldapara National Park. The person killed in the attack has been identified as Kader Ali, a resident of the Chekamari area.

He was severely injured in the elephant attack and was immediately rushed to Madarihat Rural Hospital by the local villagers, where he died soon after.

The second incident took place early

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