Dhenkanal: The Odisha government Sunday suspended two forest officials, a day after a female elephant and her six-month-old calf died of suspected electrocution in Dhenkanal district.
While the duo was suspended for alleged dereliction of duty, the police arrested a 51-year-old man for laying live electric wires in an agricultural field where the elephants died, a senior official said.
Further investigation is underway to establish the circumstances leading to the incident, he said.
The bodies of an 11-year-old female elephant and her calf were found in an agricultural field in Godaribili village on Saturday, with electrocution suspected as the cause of their death.