In yet another incident of man-animal conflict, a tribal woman was trampled to death on Monday morning at Bhoimunda village under Brajrajnagarar forest range in Jharsuguda district.
The incident occurred at around 5.15 am in Bhoimunda. The deceased Bharti Khadiya (33) came face to face with the elephant and while trying to escape, was attacked by the tusker. Bharti is survived by her husband and two children, said Forest Ranger Brajrajnagar Hemant Sahu.
A team of police and forest officials rushed to the spot and the body was sent for postmortem.
The kin of the deceased were given immediate relief of Rs 40,000 while the remaining Rs 3.4 lakh will be given upon completion of all formalities, Jharsuguda District Forest Divisional Officer (DFO) Sushant Kumar said.