An elephant trampled a woman to death at Gopalpur village under the Purunakot Forest Range in Angul district on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Jayanti Beer (40).
According to reports, the woman had gone out of her house at around 3.30 am to attend nature’s call when the elephant attacked her, killing her on the spot.
Being informed, Purunakot Ranger Gajendra Behera and other forest officials reached the spot and started an investigation. The woman’s body was recovered for post-mortem.
Villagers expressed resentment alleging that though elephant attacks have claimed several lives in the locality in the recent past, the Forest Department has not taken any preventive steps in this regard.