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A worker was killed as a wild elephant attack him in Lama upazila of Bandarban district early Saturday.

The victim is M Kalu Mia, 50, a labourer at a betel leaf farm in Ishaq Member Para and son of Akkel Ali, a resident of Shaplapur union under Maheskhali upazila in Cox鈥檚 Bazar.


Kalu was severely injured as a herd of elephants raided a storage hut in Ishaq Member Para at about 4:00am, said Md Shahadat Hossain, officer-in-charge of Lama police station.

Later, Kalu was taken to the upazila health complex where the on-duty doctor declared him dead.

The body was handed over to the family, the OC added.