India, Feb. 4 -- A wild elephant sustained multiple injuries at Malbazar in north Bengal's Jalpaiguri district when it attacked a heavy earth-moving vehicle that locals allegedly used to chase the animal away, forest department officials said.

Two videos purportedly showing the elephant hitting the vehicle and a concrete watch tower with its head after being chased on Saturday went viral and provoked outrage.

Divisional forest officer Dwija Pratim Sen said the vehicle driver has been arrested and the vehicle seized. A medical board of three veterinary doctors on Tuesday went looking for the elephant in the Apalchand forest where the animal returned after the incident. "Once found, it will be examined and treated," Sen said.

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