Locals and forest department personnel rescued an elephant calf trapped between huge rock boulders in northeast India.

Footage shows the rescue operation carried out by forest officials.

Shortly after, screaming is heard as a large group of men run from the mother elephant and one man is seen being carried away from the scene.

S Hazarika, the Dharamtul Forest Range Officer said: "Some local villagers informed us that a 7/8-month-old elephant calf was trapped between rocks in the hill area and the mother of the calf was roaming in the area."

"We reached the area and rescued the calf," he continued.

According to local reports, one villager was injured after he fell into a ditch when the mother of the elephant calf chased him.

The incident took place at Sonakuchi hills near the Jagiroad area in the central Assam district on Saturday evening (February 2).

Forest officials & Locals rescue elephant calf trapped between rocks in North East India.

Locals and forest department personnel on Saturday rescued an elephant calf that was trapped between huge rock boulders in Assam's Morigaon district. The incident took place at Sonakuchi hills area near Jagiroad in the central Assam district on Saturday evening.
According to the reports, some local villagers noticed that an elephant calf was trapped between huge rocks while its mother was roaming in the area.
As the rescue operation was carried out by forest officials, the mother of the calf chased the locals and the forest department personnel when they tried to rescue the calf.
One local villager was injured after he fell into a ditch when the mother of the elephant calf chased him.
S Hazarika, Ranger of the Dharamtul forest range office, said, "Some local villagers informed us that a 7-8-month-old elephant calf was trapped between rocks in the hill area and the mother of the calf was roaming in the area."
"We reached the area and rescued the calf," the forest officer said.