Video shows the moment a wild elephant went on the rampage and charged - at a shop full of customers.

The footage shows a busy marketplace in eastern India's West Bengal where people begin to flee.

Suddenly an elephant appears and charges people, mopeds and the front of a shop in the Arambagh area of Hooghly district on February 11.

The elephant reportedly damaged several cars and injured people in the attack.

Forest department officials tried to chase the animal towards the Garbeta Forest.

It was eventually tranquilised and taken to North Bengal.