Man trampled to death by elephants in Chhattisgarh

A herd of wild elephants wreaked havoc in a vill at Chhattisgarh's Jashpur district, killing an elderly man and destroying three houses on Saturday, a forest official said. incident took place in Sirikima vill under Tapkara forest range in early hours, when elephants barged into vill and went on a ramp, official said.

One of villrs, Sonsai (61), who was trying to escape, got trapped between pachyderms and was trampled to death, he said. deceased's kin were provided initial relief amount of Rs 25,000 by forest department, while remaining compensation will be disbursed once all formalities are completed, official said.

Villrs have been vised t to venture into forest, as separate groups of at least 25 elephants have been spotted in area in last few days, he said. tably, thick forested region of rrn Chhattisgarh, comprising Surguja, Surajpur, Korba, Raigarh, Jashpur, Balrampur and Korea districts, has witnessed several incidents of human-elephant conflict.