North Lakhimpur, Nov. 9 -- A wild elephant was found dead in a paddy field at No. 1 Ex-Servicemen village in the Bogeebeel-Rampur area of Lakhimpur district, allegedly after coming into contact with an illegally installed live electric wire. The incident came to light on the morning of Diwali.

The incident occurred near the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border, under the jurisdiction of Silaneebari Police Outpost. Preliminary findings indicate that the elephant was electrocuted by a live wire stretched across the agricultural field on Saturday night.

The wire was reportedly laid to prevent wild elephants from entering the fields and feeding on ripening paddy crops.

According to officials of the Harmutty Forest Range under the Lakhimpur Fores...