Wildlife activist and general secretary of Green Buds Society, Devajit Moran, claimed that two of the animals were wild elephants. (Shutterstock)Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has put “on hold” the transportation of four elephants from Assam to Gujarat. NFR chief public relations officer Pranav Jyoti Sharma said on Saturday, “NFR has put on hold the transportation of the elephants from Tinsukia to Ahmedabad in Gujarat in the view of the PIL filed in high court. A railway source said the elephants were scheduled to be transported on Saturday night. A group of youths protested at the railway goods yard in Tinsukia on Saturday against the decision to transport the elephants.

Source: The Telegraph June 22, 2019 19:41 UTC