<p>Two elephants were killed after they came in contact with illegally installed electric fences in Assam's Baksa district near the Bhutan border, a forest official said on Saturday.</p>.<p>The incident happened in the Koroibari area near the Batabari Forest Range on Friday, he said.</p>.<p>The elephants, both adult females, came down from the Bhutan Hills in search of food, he added.</p>.<p>A person, identified as Reshan Daimary, who had allegedly installed the electric fences to protect his crops, surrendered before the police.</p>.<p>An investigation into the incident is underway, the official said.</p>.<p>"Daimary will be taken into custody and booked under the Wildlife Protection Act," he said.</p>.<p>This is the third incident of electrocution of elephants this year amid a growing human-elephant conflict with illegal electric fences having claimed the lives of 13 jumbos so far, the official said. </p>
<p>Two elephants were killed after they came in contact with illegally installed electric fences in Assam's Baksa district near the Bhutan border, a forest official said on Saturday.</p>.<p>The incident happened in the Koroibari area near the Batabari Forest Range on Friday, he said.</p>.<p>The elephants, both adult females, came down from the Bhutan Hills in search of food, he added.</p>.<p>A person, identified as Reshan Daimary, who had allegedly installed the electric fences to protect his crops, surrendered before the police.</p>.<p>An investigation into the incident is underway, the official said.</p>.<p>"Daimary will be taken into custody and booked under the Wildlife Protection Act," he said.</p>.<p>This is the third incident of electrocution of elephants this year amid a growing human-elephant conflict with illegal electric fences having claimed the lives of 13 jumbos so far, the official said. </p>