A herd of wild elephants killed two persons in separate incidents that occurred under the limits of Gharghoda forest area in the district. The elephants reportedly moved from Dharamjaigarh and Chaal forest divisions to Gharghoda.
The first incident occurred at Tenda village in the late on Wednesday night when Ramsingh (48) along with one of his friend had gone to attend some religious function.While returning back, the two were surrounded by the wild elephants. While Bodhan Sarathi managed to escape, the elephants attacked Ramsingh near Bhagora Tikra village and killed him. Police has started investigating the case, sources said. In another incident, Tilmetbai (55), a resident of Pandripani village had ventured into the forest when wild elephants attacked and killed her.