Two separate herds of wild elephants on Tuesday killed two persons in Chhattisgarh’s Jashpur district.
The victims were identified as Trilochan Yadav (65) of Kandora village and Saniyaro Bai (55) from Giddhabahar village in the Kunkuri forest forest range, Jashpur Divisional Forest Officer Jitendra Upadhyay said.
A herd of elephants razed the boundary wall in the yard of Yadav’s house and attacked him early on Tuesday, killing him ins tantly, the officer said.
Another herd attacked the woman in Giddhabahar village when she stepped out of her home on June 6-7 night, he said.
The families of the deceased were given an initial relief amount of Rs 25,000 each, the official said.