JHAPA: A 70-year-old woman was killed and an elderly man injured in an elephant attack at Janata Chowk in Bahradashi Rural Municipality-2, Jhapa, on Tuesday.
The deceased has been identified as Lajuma Khatun, a local resident. According to Ranjan Awal, information officer at the District Police Office, Jhapa, Khatun was attacked by two elephants near the Biring River while on her morning walk.
She sustained serious injuries and died on the way to the Provincial Hospital in Bhadrapur. Her body has been kept at the hospital for a post-mortem examination.
Jhakku Rajbanshi, 73, who was walking with Khatun, was also seriously injured in the attack. He is receiving treatment at a hospital in Birtamod, police said.