Bengal: Three elephants die in suspected power trap in Midnapore

Midnapore, Sep 27 (UNI) Days after fishermen risked their lives to rescue an elephant calf from the raging Teesta and help reunite it with its mother, three elephants-two calves and an adult-were found dead together in a paddy field in West Midnapore's Junglemahal on Sunday, with suspected electrocution putting the spotlight on a potentially lethal power connection. The three carcasses were found in the Hartara area under the Ranja beat of the Pirakata range early on Sunday after locals went to the fields for work. The elephants were lying close to one another, triggering an immediate rush of villagers and…