Digboi, April 18 -- The Assam Forest Department has launched a high-level, time-bound investigation after an elephant was brutally mutilated and its two ivory tusks chopped off in the Lakhipathar area under Digboi Forest Division in Tinsukia district.

Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) Sandeep Kumar told North East Now on Saturday that the case was being treated as a top priority due to widespread public concern and assured a strong, result-oriented probe.

He expressed confidence in the investigating team and said sustained efforts were underway to ensure an early breakthrough, with full faith in the department's field staff to crack the case.

Acting on directions from the forest top brass, officials immediately launched a c...