Three people were killed in separate incidents of conflict with elephants in north-central Assam’s Sonitpur and central Assam’s Karbi Anglong districts on Tuesday (September 22, 2026). The two incidents in Sonitpur district were reported from the Dhekiajuli area, about 130 km northeast of Guwahati. The Karbi Anglong incident occurred in a village about 230 km east of Guwahati. The deceased in Sonitpur district were identified as Rahmat Ali of No. 2 Pirakata village and Ganesh Toppo of Ratanjuli village. The Karbi Anglong victim was identified as Ambika Tokbipi, a woman. The incidents occurred between 4 a.m. and 7.30 a.m. Locals said Ali was at home, engaged in household work, when a wild elephant emerged from a nearby forest and damaged his house at around 5.30 a.m. Toppo came across the same elephant in a neighbouring village and died trying to shield his two children. The two children, aged five and seven years, sustained injuries. Wildlife officials said six people have been killed in such conflicts in Assam in about a fortnight. Two of the other three were killed in western Assam’s Goalpara district and one in eastern Assam’s Tinsukia district. Policeman Amzad Ali was killed on September 6 after a...

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