The jumbos were rescued by the forest department officials and local people. A herd of five elephants had a lucky escape after they fell in a muddy pond in Assam’s Goalpara district.

The forest officials, with the help of locals, rescued five wild elephants after they got trapped in a muddy pond in Assam’s Goalpara district on Thursday.

According to the reports, five wild elephants, including a calf, got stuck in a muddy pond in Choibari area near Lakhipur in Goalpara district on Wednesday night.

Locals said that a herd of elephants came down to the area from a nearby hilly area from Meghalaya side in search of food and five among the herd got stuck in the pond.

When some local villagers noticed the incident on Thursday morning, they immediately informed local forest officials and police.