Boy and his friends got too close to the elephant while trying to click a selfie.

A wild elephant trampled a 15-year-old boy to death while he was trying to take a selfie with it in the Araria district of Bihar.

Mithun Paswan, a resident of Chandipur village under Palasi police station, was among the crowd of villagers that had gathered in the adjoining Majlispur panchayat to see a wild tusker which had strayed into the area from the forests of Nepal on Thursday.

According to reports, Mithun and two of his friends tried to take a selfie of the animal on their cellphones but got too close to the animal while it was on the rampage in a maize field. Seeing the youngsters, the pachyderm moved menacingly towards them but while his friends ran away, Mithun was caught and trampled by the elephant.

The villagers, who were watching the incident from a distance, raised an alarm which made the elephant leave the scene soon thereafter.

Mithun was subsequently taken to the hospital where he was declared dead. His body was sent for post-mortem examination to Araria. An ex gratia of Rs 20,000 was paid to his family.

The incident created panic in the area.The forest department officials, who were informed about the incident, were trying to locate the elephant which was believed to have entered into another village.

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