Man dies in tusker attack

KATHMANDU: A man was killed in an elephant attack at Damak Municipality-3 in Jhapa district this morning.

Min Bahadur Bhandari, 45, of Dipjyoti Tole in Damak died on the spot in the elephant attack while trying to chase away the elephant.

Chief of District Forest Office Meghraj Rai said that the elephant attacked Bhandari as he was trying to chase away the elephant that was demolishing the house of Bhandari’s neighbour Subin Bhattarai.