An elderly man died in a wild elephant attack in Jhapa on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Devi Bahadur Adhikari (80) of Bahradashi Rural Municipality-1. DSP Basanta Pathak of the District Police Office, Jhapa said that the wild elephant attacked him while he had gone to the Manakamana Community Forest to collect fodder for the cattle at around 10 am.

Critically injured in the incident, he was rushed to a hospital in Birtamod.

After he could not be treated at Birtamod, he was taken to the Dharan-based BP Koirala Institute of Health and Sciences but breathed his last on the way, DSP Pathak said. Further investigation into the incident is underway, police said.