Elephant herd continues to mourn elelphant's death, gather around carcass | Oneindia News
Carcass of an elephant was found in Chhattisgarh’s Surajpur district on June 10. A herd of elephants continue to gather around the carcass that was found in a forest in Surajpur district yesterday. Forest department has been unable to get hold of body for post mortem. According to the Divisional Forest Officer of Surajpur, JR Bhagat, “Probe is on and post-mortem report is awaited. Two elephants have died in the Surajpur district in last two days. In the past few years, several incidents of human- elephant conflict were reported from the forests of northern Chhattisgarh, comprising Surguja, Korba, Surajpur, Raigarh, Jashpur, Korba and Koriya districts.