Days after capture, elephant ‘Laden’ dies
“Laden”, the wild elephant that had killed five people in Assam’s Goalpara district before being tranquillised and captured seven days ago in an operation led by an MLA, died on Sunday at a rehabilitation centre. Veterinarian Kushal Kumar Sarma, who conducted the postmortem, said elephant’s heart was found with “necrotic barriers” (death of cells or tissues from injuries or disease).