A team of experts from India arrived in Dhaka yesterday to help rescue a wild elephant stranded in a char in Jamalpur.
The elephant was separated from its herd in India and swept to Bangladesh by the swift currents of a flooded Brahmaputra on June 27.
Till now, the animal weighing around five tonnes has defied all attempts by rescuers from the Bangladesh forest department to put it to sleep with darts from tranquiliser guns.
The three-member Indian team, led by an official from Assam forest department’s wildlife circle, Ritesh Bhattacharya, will visit Jhalupara char in Jamalpur today to try and find out a way to rescue the elephant and transport it back home safely.The assistant conservator of forests from the Bangladesh Forest Department, Mohammad Shahabuddin, will accompany the team.