A court in Chattogram has remanded in judicial custody a man and his son in a case filed over the killing of a wild elephant in Rangunia upazila in 2019. A senior judicial magistrate passed the order after Md Abul Hashem and his son Sahab Uddin surrendered before the court and sought bail on Thursday. Also read: Elephant trapped in Rangunia canal rescued after 7 hours Chattogram divisional forest officer (South) Shafiqul Islam said the wild elephant was electrocuted when it came in contact with an illegal power line installed by the two at Narishcha Bit in Rangunia range of the southern forest division in November 2019. At the time, a case was filed in the court against the father-son duo. Earlier on December 14 last year, the court sent a man and his son to jail for killing an elephant in Banshkhali upazila. Also read:Two more land in jail over elephant death in Sherpur In the first such case in the country, Mohammad Kamal, 50, and his son Nezam, 22, of Banshkhali upazila were found guilty of electrocuting the elephant on November 30 last year.

A Chattogram court on Tuesday sent a man and his son to jail for killing an elephant in Banshkhali upazila of Chattogram district. In the first such case in the country Mohammad Kamal, 50 and his son Nezam, 22 of  Banshkhali upazila were found guilty of electrocuting the elephant on November 30. Read: Another elephant found dead in Chattogram They buried the elephant in the area. The local forest department lodged a complaint against Kamal and Nezam in this connection. When they were produced before the court by police, Banshkhali Cognizance Court Judge Mainul Islam sent them to jail.