Tag: elephant

  • Elephant crushed 60 year old man, death

    Elephant crushed 60 year old man, death

    Jashpur. An old man has died due to an elephant attack in Badal Khol Wildlife Sanctuary. The old man had gone to the jungle without Putu, on whom the elephant attacked. The old man died on the spot after being crushed by the elephant. Deceased Subhash Yadav, 60, had gone to the forest at 5 in the morning, during which the elephant killed him.

    Elephant entered the police control room yesterday

    Elephant menace is continuously increasing in Chhattisgarh. Elephants creating havoc in Ambikapur, Jashpur, Mahasamund and Korba have now reached Balod. An elephant broke away from the party and entered the city on Monday night. Due to this there was a stir. The elephant entered the police control room and from there reached the cyber cell office. Seeing this, the employees hid in their respective offices to save their lives. On the other hand, an elephant attacked a woman who had gone to pick fruits in Korba. The woman has been injured in the attack.

  • Woman ward member trampled by elephant in Odisha!

    Woman ward member trampled by elephant in Odisha!

    Bansapal: A woman ward member has been trampled to death by an elephant in Keonjhar district of Odisha on Thursday, said reliable reports.

    The tragic incident has been reported from Banbiharipur village of Telkoi forest under Bimala Forest Division in Keonjhar.

    The dead woman has been identified Draupadi Naik, the wife of Dwitikrishna Naik of the same village. She is also a ward member of the nearby panchayat, said reports. When she went to pick mangoes from the nearby mango tree, the elephant trampled her.

    The elephant attacked Draupadi and escaped. After some time, the family members rescued her and brought her to Telkoi Medical Center.

    At the medical center the doctor declared her brought dead. However, after this incident the forest department has given a Rs. 60,000 compensation to the family of the deceased in the first phase. It is reported that, a 15-year-old elephant is found to be living in Banbiharipur area under Keonjhar forest division.

  • Elderly man killed by elephant in Odisha

    Elderly man killed by elephant in Odisha

    ANGUL: An elderly man was trampled to death by a wild elephant in a forest near Kantanegha village here on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as 83-year-old Ramachandra Sahoo of Kantamegha.

    Bantala ranger Niladra Sahoo said early in the morning, Ramachandra had gone to the nearby forest to answer nature’s call when he encountered the elephant. The jumbo lifted the elderly man with its trunk and smashed him against a tree. Ramachandra was killed instantly.

    Later, some villagers spotted his body and informed the local forest officials. Initially, Rs 1 lakh has been provided to the deceased’s family and the rest compensation amount will be paid after verification of documents. The body was sent for postmortem.