Silchar: Two Hoolock gibbons have been electrocuted and one other obtained injured after they got here involved with a high-voltage livewire in Karimganj district.
A senior forest official on Saturday stated the incident happened at Mokamtilla in Patharkandi block close to the India-Bangladesh worldwide border on Friday.
Personnel of a close-by BSF camp discovered the three Hoolock gibbons mendacity unconscious in an space close to a high-voltage electrical line close to the worldwide border fence and knowledgeable the matter to the forest division. A staff of forest officers reached the spot and took the primates to a veterinary hospital in Patharkandi. Two of the gibbons have been declared lifeless, whereas one other was injured, he stated.
“An post-mortem was completed to determine the reason for dying. After that, the gibbons have been buried as per process. The injured gibbon was handled and later launched within the forest,” Patharkandi forest ranger Manoj Kumar Das informed the media.