A 53-year-old man died in an attack by a wild elephant at ward 3 of Belbari Municipality in Morang district on Monday.

Police identified the deceased as Kamal Majhi, a resident of ward 3 of Letang Municipality.

The tusker attacked the victim inside a community forest at Bhaunne. Wild elephants have continued wreaking havoc in eastern Tarai districts of Jhapa, Sunsari and Morang over the past three months.

As many as four people were killed by the pachyderms over the past three weeks in the area.