India, Dec. 15 -- A 15-year-old elephant was found dead in Odisha's Angul district, and a female elephant sustained grievous injuries in Mayurbhanj district in separate attacks suspected to have been carried out by poachers over the weekend, wildlife officials said on Monday.

In the first case, the tusker was found dead in Angul district's Baliapashi area near Manikjodi village with gunshot injuries. The incident, which took place under the forest division's Pokunda section, is being investigated by the forest range officer and other forest officials.

In the second case, a female elephant was found injured in the Betnoti forest range of Mayurbhanj district. Forest officials who tranquilised the tusker said the explosion in the elephant'...