Guwahati: Assam Police detained two persons in connection with the Boko in which a two-year-old child lost her life after a bullet accidentally hit her after the forest personnel allegedly open fired in the air to case away a herd of wild elephants in Kamrup district.
The arrestees were identified as Siddhartha Sinha and Imtaz Ahmed.
The incident took place at Bonadapara area of the district on Friday.
According to reports, a forest officials team along with police reached the area to case away the herd of elephants from the area to nearby forests and they opened fire in the air. However, a bullet accidently hit the child and her mother who were returning from the site.
The baby was on her mother’s lab.
The locals, forest department officials and police personnel immediately rushed the baby and her mother to a hospital located at Boko area where the child was declared dead brought.
Meanwhile, the injured woman was shifted to Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) in a serious condition and is presently under treatment.
It may be noted that the locals had blocked National Highway 17 for several hours to protest against the child’s death in Boko.
The protesters also demanded an inquiry into the incident and urged the state government to take measures to stop the destruction of crops by wild elephants.
Assam Forest Minister Parimal Suklabaidya said that a high-level team of the state forest department has been sent to the area to ascertain the facts leading to the child’s demise.
It may be mentioned that the two detained forest department workers are now under interrogation at Boko police station.