C'garh: Woman killed; minor girl injured in elephant attack

A 25-year-old woman was killed and her five-year-old niece injured when a wild elephant attacked ir house in Chhattisgarh's Korba district, a forest official said on Thursday.

incident took place in Bodrapara vill under Etmanagar forest range late on Wednesday night, said Shama Faruque, divisional forest officer of Katghora forest division.

A tusker tried to destroy a wall of a mud house and attacked family while y were sleeping, she said.

While a villr identified as Jaikaran mand to escape, pachyderm picked up his wife Chandrika Bai and slammed her on ground, killing her on spot, official said.

deceased woman's niece was injured while fleeing spot and is currently undergoing treatment at a primary health centre, she said.

An instant relief of Rs 25,000 has been given to kin of deceased, while remaining compensation of Rs 5.

75 lakh will be released after completion of formalities, official ded.

A herd of 40 elephants has been roaming in area for last few months and villrs have been shifted to anganwi centres and school buildings from ir mud houses, she said.

victim's family h also been evacuated, but y returned to ir home recently, official said.

Forest personnel have been tracking herd and taking measures to prevent human-elephant conflicts, she said.

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