The wild elephant 'knocked down nearly 100 houses and vehicles' as it ran loose on the streets of Siliguri, on February 10, 2016.-AFP
Kolkata (AFP) - A wild elephant went on an hours-long rampage in a town in eastern India on Wednesday, damaging about 100 homes, shops and other buildings, a state minister said.
Photos showed the bewildered animal wandering around Siliguri, about 577 kilometres (360 miles) north of Kolkata, crashing into structures, as people scurried out of the way.
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