The body of 40-year-old pachyderm was noticed by a priest of a temple at Dhaluwala area who informed the forest officials, said Divisional Forest Officer of Haridwar R B Pathak.
Pathak ruled out poaching behind the death of the particular breed of elephants called "Makhna" which does not have tusks.
However, he said, a postmortem is being conducted to know the exact cause of its death.
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