Asom conservationists criticise officials for killing elephant:
Conservationists in Asom have lashed out at forest officials for shooting dead an elephant, mistaking it to be a killer. The forest officials resorted to the extreme step after an elephant named ‘Osama bin Laden’ ran amok, killing 27 people. However, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) officials said ‘Osama’ was not the actual one who created the havoc, but a look-a-like. “We always suspect this. We collected evidence, went to the spot and interviewed local people. They said that this is not the actual one who created havoc. And surprisingly very next night another person was killed by an elephant in the nearby village,” said Anupam Sharma, a representative of the WWF.
