Two brick kiln workers along with their daughter were killed by a herd of elephants at village Maalhan under the Chandwa police station last night.
The deceased couple who hailed from Bhandarya block in Garhwa district were identified as Panuwa Bhuiyan 26 and his wife Babita Devi and their daughter Manjisha 3 years old.
The brick kiln workers along with their daughter were at the Maalhan brick kiln site in a shanty dwelling when the herd of the elephants numbering more than a dozen attacked the three and trampled each of the three to death.
Officer in charge of the Chandwa police station Amit Gupta said bodies were sent to the sadar hospital Latehar for the post mortem.
Dr Sarwan Mahto was notified for the conduct of the post mortem, said a senior health official of the sadar hospital Latehar Ved Prakash.
The regional chief conservator of forest Palamu Kumar Ashutosh said the forest division of Latehar has doled out 60,000 rupees for the post death rites and rituals of the three.
The herd of the elephants is said to have moved towards Barwa Toli which is in contiguity of Lohardaga district Kuru.