An elderly man was killed in elephant attack while he was returning home by an auto-rickshaw at Gutitangar village under Nuagaon block in Sundargarh district on Thursday night. The deceased was Mohammad Masood Alam (60), a resident of Asiana Colony under Bisra block.
The tragedy occurred when Masood was returning with three other passengers by the auto-rickshaw from a local market. While the vehicle was crossing through a forest, the elephant came on the road. Finding the elephant in their front, all started running out of the vehicle. However, Masood failed to escape from the wild animal, which trampled him to death.
A similar incident had also been reported in the district in which a youth was killed in elephant attack on Wednesday night. He was targeted while driving away a herd of elephants that strayed into Sialjor village under the Kutra police limits.
