Raigarh. The body of a baby elephant was recovered from a pond in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh. Officials gave this information on Thursday. Officials said that the body recovered from the pond in Dharamjaygarh area on Thursday morning is that of a female elephant. Dharamjaigarh Forest Divisional Officer Abhishek Jogawat said that the dead body of the baby elephant was recovered in a pond near Hati Beat under Chhal Range. He told that the age of the child is about one month.
Jogawat said that the department received information that a herd of elephants was bathing in this pond and there is a possibility that the child died due to drowning. He told that when the body was recovered, its face was under water. The officer said that the post-mortem of the body was done and it was buried and the matter is being investigated.