A man of Jarbeda village under Bisra forest range of Sundargarh district was killed in elephant attack during the wee hours of Sunday. On being informed, a team of forest officials rushed to the spot and recovered the body.
At about 2.30 am, the deceased of Jarbeda village was guarding his paddy field when elephants attacked him and crushed him to death. He was identified as lucas Tete (45).According to some eyewitnesses, lucas had attempted to keep a herd of elephants away from his paddy field due to which he drew their ire. A team of forest officials on Sunday morning reached the spot and recovered the body and sent the same for post mortem. "After sending the body for post mortem, we have handed over Rs 10,000 to the family members of the deceased, towards cremation expenses and assured them that they would be paid Rs 4 lakh as per the compensation policy of State Government," said Assistant Conservator of Forest, Rourkela Dilip Sahoo.