Herd of elephants enter residential area in Siliguri

A herd of elephants, including two calves, from Baikunthupur forest in the wee hours of Thursday entered a residential area in Siliguri amid the lockdown. The tuskers went back to their forest without causing damage to the residential colony. "One elephant and two babies entered in ward number 37 and 38 under Siliguri Municipal Corporation(SMC). They ate the jackfruits from the trees and went back without damaging anything. No loss of property or loss of human life has been reported. They came to our place around 2:30 am. It was lockdown, so everything was closed, the roads were deserted. Such a kind of incident has happened in the past also," a local said.