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Two die in Dhanusa elephant rampage

Kantipur Report
September 4, 2008

DHANUSA, Sept 4 - Two people were killed and one injured when a wild elephant went on the rampage in Dhanusa district on Thursday.

Six year old Nisha Pokherel was killed while on her way to celebrate Rishi Panchami with her family at the Jalar river in the morning.

Similarly Ram Ashis Mahatto, 65 was also by the elephant while 20 year old Mira Pokherel was injured and is undergoing treatment at the Janakpur Zonal Hospital.

Wild elephants have increasingly been on the rampage in the past few days in Dhanusa, Mahottari, Sarlahi and Siraha district.

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