A wild elephant swims across Nafna River from Myanmar to Jadimora area of Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar. According to the relevant sources, the age of the elephant may be approximately 30/40 years. The elephant might have lost its way or because of lack of food and came to Bangladesh by swimming the river. Mizanur Rahman, range officer of Cox’s Bazar South Forest Division, Teknaf, confirmed the fact that the wild elephant swam across the Naf river and came to Parabon in Teknaf at 10:30 a.m. last Friday (March 31). . Local people and BGB members saw it. After informing the forest department, after half an hour of effort, the elephant swam from Parabon of Naf river towards Lal Diya. Muhammad Ali, UP member of Ward No. 9 of Hnilar Union, said that the elephant came from Myanmar and swam from Nafna River. After entering Bangladesh for a while in Paraban, he again went towards Myanmar. He said that in the morning, some people suddenly saw a huge elephant swimming towards Teknaf through the Nafna River. When the word spread about the location of the elephant inside the parabon, eager crowds gathered to catch a glimpse. Seeing the crowd of people, the elephant started running around. Later, the elephant was sent back to Myanmar through the same route with the efforts of forest department staff and local residents.
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