The French Development Agency (AFD) - undertook a six-day visit from September 11 to September 16 in Assam to take stock of the progress of the Assam Project on Forest and Biodiversity Conservation.
Dutta had issued a video message and said if the post mortem report is not published by June 5, which is the World Environment Day, then it will indicate that the elephants were killed by direct or indirect influence of some officials of the Forest Department.
The 18 wild elephants, found dead in Nagaon district of Assam last month, were killed due to accidental electrocution by lightning, the post-mortem examination confirmed.