Carcasses of an elephant and a tigress were found in different parts of the forest in Maharashtra`s Chandrapur district in 24 hours, a forest official said on Tuesday.

An elephant that crossed the Wainganga river and entered Chandrapur from Gadchiroli was found dead in Chitki village of Sindewahi tehsil, around 74 km away from the district headquarters, on Tuesday morning, chief conservator of forest Dr Jitendra Ramgaonkar said.