Elephant dies

seized the carcass of an adult elephant from a forest near Makaraplli village in Buguda forest range in Odisha's Ganjam district.

The elephant, aged around 30 years, was suspected to have died due to old age, Divisional Forest Officer Ghumusara (South) R.Ch. Sethi said today.

Post-mortem was conducted to ascertain the exact cause of death, the DFO said.

The two tusks recovered from the pachyderm would be measured after processing, he said.