India, Jan. 16 -- A young male elephant that had suffered severe injuries after accidentally chewing a crude bomb has died in Odisha's Angul district. The death was confirmed by the Angul Divisional Forest Officer today.

The incident took place near Patharagada Sahi of Balukata village under the Bantala Forest Range. Forest officials said the elephant, aged around six to seven years, had reportedly chewed an illegally planted crude bomb, believed to have been kept for hunting wild animals.

Rescue and Treatment Efforts The injured elephant was rescued after being found in a critical condition. Veterinary teams from Angul, Kapilash and Satkosia rushed to the spot and began treatment. Doctors suspected that the blast had occurred five to s...