Probe ordered into death of 18 elephants in Assam Updated: Updated: May 14, 2021 16:43 IST The hillock where a thunderbolt is said to have killed the pachyderms is close to the site for a controversial solar power plant Share Article AAA (Assam Forest Minister Parimal Suklabaidya inspecting the site where lightning was said to have killed 18 elephants Wednesday night. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT) The hillock where a thunderbolt is said to have killed the pachyderms is close to the site for a controversial solar power plant Assam’s Minister for Environment and Forest, Parimal Suklabaidya, has ordered an enquiry into the death of 18 elephants on a hillock in central Assam’s Nagaon district Wednesday night.