Elephant found dead at Palamu Tiger ReserveThe forest department suspects that the jumbo was killed in a fight with another elephant on Saturday night in the Garu forest division of the Palamu Tiger Reserve
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Medininagar (Jharkhand): An elephant was found dead in Jharkhand's Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR) on Sunday, an official said.
The forest department suspects that the jumbo was killed in a fight with another elephant on Saturday night in the Garu forest division of PTR.
PTR deputy director Kumar Ashish said that blood stains were found at the incident site and a tree near the site was also found uprooted.
"So, it is suspected that the cause of death could be a fight between two elements," he said.
The exact cause of the death will be clear only after the completion of the post-mortem process, he said.
The age of the elephant is around 45 years. Both the tusks of it are safe, Ashish said.