Chhattisgarh: Elderly man killed by wild elephants in Jashpur

A 75-year-old man was killed by a herd of wild elephants in a vill in forest of Chhattisgarh's Jashpur district, a forest official said on Saturday. incident took place on Friday night when Sadhoram Toppo was trying to escape after a herd of elephants destroyed a wall of his house in Pandribahla vill under Pathalgaon forest range, Jashpur divisional forest officer Shrikrishna Jadhav said.

On sensing presence of elephants, deceased's wife and two sons mand to flee from spot, while tuskers caught hold of Toppo and slammed him on ground with ir trunks, killing him on spot, he said. police and forest personnel reached spot after being alerted about incident this morning, he said.

kin of deceased have been provided an immediate relief of Rs 25,000, while remaining compensation of Rs 5.75 lakh will be given to m after completion of formalities, he added. This herd of around 10 elephants has recently entered Pathalgaon forests from Dharamjaigarh forest division in neighbouring Raigarh district and locals have been asked to remain alert to avoid conflict, he said. Dense forested areas of rrn Chhattisgarh, comprising Surguja, Korba, Raigarh, Jashpur and Koriya districts, are torious for incidents of human-elephant conflict.