An elephant trampled to death two persons at Gaerkata tea garden at Dhupguri in Alipurduar district, the police said today.
The incident happened when a herd of elephants was going to Marahat forest through the tea garden and one pachyderm killed a man and a woman yesterday.
As others raised an alarm and many people rushed to the spot, the elephants hurriedly entered the forest.
While the man was identified as a tea garden worker, the identity of the woman yet to be ascertained, the police said.
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