Wild elephant, calf electrocuted in Okkampitiya (opens original article in a new tab)

A wild elephant and its calf were electrocuted by an illegal electric wire at a farmland in Okkampitiya, leading to the arrest of a land guardian and the fugitive landowner.

• A wild elephant and a calf died after being electrocuted by an illegal electric wire at a farmland in Okkampitiya.
• The electric wire was set up to protect a sugarcane, papaya, banana, and paddy plantation from wild animals.
• A land guardian was arrested, while the landowner fled and is being sought by authorities.