India, Feb. 23 -- The fragile coexistence between humans and elephants along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh state border has once again turned tragic. A 65-year-old man was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Balipukhuri village, near the inter-state border in Dorpang under Narayanpur Police Station of Lakhimpur district in the early hours of February 3.

The victim, Dharmeswar Das, reportedly stepped out of his house after learning that a wild elephant was rampaging through the village. In an attempt to drive the animal away from the settlement, he confronted it but was fatally trampled. Police later sent his body to Lakhimpur Medical College and Hospital for post-mortem.

This was followed by ransacking of the house of Maya Karki (45) ...