Bahraich, Feb. 11 -- A farmer was killed while another injured in two separate incidents of elephant attacks under the Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary (KWS) located on the Indo-Nepal border. The forest department provided financial aid to the deceased farmer's family, while the injured victim is receiving treatment at Bahraich Medical College.

According to the range officer, Katarniaghat, Ashish Gaud, 75-year-old Brijlal, a resident of Berdiya village under Sujauli Police Station, had gone to guard his fields from wild animals on Monday night. When he failed to return the next morning, locals initiated a search and found him dead in his field on Tuesday.

His platform in the tree had been uprooted, and elephant footprints were discovered...