Assam: Elephant handed over to Kaziranga National Park authorities for killing teenager..

Golaghat (Assam): A female elephant was handed over to the authorities of Kaziranga National Park on Thursday after the animal allegedly killed a 14-year-old boy in Bokakhat of Assam‘s Golaghat district, the police said.

Police registered a case under Section 304A of the IPC (causing death by negligence) and gave the jumbo along with her eight-month-old calf to the KNP for safe custody, they said. Click more 👈

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 National parks & sanctuaries shut for visitors in Assam

GUWAHATI: With the steep surge in Covid-19 cases across the state, all six  national parks  and 18 wildlife in Assam  have been closed by the state forest department  for the visitors until further orders are issued. 

The forest department’s order comes close on the heels of the advisory of ministry of forest, environment and climate change to the states, asking them to shut down all national parks and sanctuaries with immediate effect due to the alarming spread of Covid  cases. The ministry, in its order, had mentioned that there had been reports of some lions dying due to the virus, owing to which the ministry felt that the virus also posed a major threat to animals living in these places. 

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