Gyan Bahadur Rai, 55, of Prithvinagar-5, who was critically injured after an elephant attacked and trampled on his head while cutting grass in the local Gaurishankar community forest, died while undergoing treatment at the Om Sai Hospital at Bhadrapur.[break]
Locals say that a herd of wild elephants that has been inhabiting in the forest at Jalthal have been wreaking havoc there and in the neighbouring areas.
Nine people have died in Jhapa district this year alone due to attacks by elephants.
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