The elephant came down from the hills of the Indian state of Meghalaya and entered the locality in Sadhuparha through Someshwari river on Thursday morning, Durgapur Police Station OC Rezaul Karim said.
The elephant attacked the house of one Hari Dey around 5am, injuring his wife Geeta Rani Dey.
She was admitted to the Durapur Upazila health complex and later shifted to the Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital after her condition worsened.Then locals chased the elephant and it entered a paddy field. Local administration, police and Border Guard Bangladesh personnel tried to capture the elephant.
But it entangled three men with its trunk and threw them down.
Two of them — Taher Uddin, 70, and Shibu Pandey, 40, died on the spot.
Injured Abdur Rahim was admitted to the Upazila health complex. Later the elephant was shot dead, the OC said. – bdnews24.com
An earlier UNB report said: Two people were killed in an attack by a marauding elephant in Durgapur border area of the district early Thursday.
The deceased were identified as Taher Uddin,65, a resident of Chaklengura village in Durgapur upazila, and Shiplu,31, a resident of Santosh Park area of the upazila headquarters.
Locals said the wild elephant coming from Nalua Para of the border area invaded the village in the early hours.
The elephant attacked Taher at about 6:00 am while he was returning home from mosque after saying Fajr prayers killing him on the spot.
At the same time, the elephant destroyed five houses at the village.
Shiplu was trampled to death by the elephant as he was walking inside his house adjacent to Santosh Park.
On information, a team of police led by Saidur Rahman, sub-inspector of Durgapur Police Station, rushed to the spot and shot 16 rounds of bullet to the elephant.
Later, the elephant died on the spot.
