Two persons, including a woman, were trampled to death by straying elephants in two separate incidents in Sundargarh and Mayurbhanj districts on Tuesday morning.
In Sundargath, the deceased woman was identified as Phuduli Singh of Relaposha village under the Kuanrmunda Forest Range. The incident occurred when Phuduli was asleep in the room in the wee hours of Tuesday. The jumbos attacked the house and later dragged her out and mauled.
On being informed, police and forest officials rushed to the spot and sent the body for postmortem and started investigation.
More than 50 pachyderms were seen wreaking havoc in the areas for last few days creating panic among the locals.
In the other incident, one Barisa Murmu of Vijatala village under the Rairangpur Forest Division in Mayurbhanj district was also killed in an attack by a jumbo.
According to sources, the tusker attacked the man when he had gone to the forest. Meanwhile, forest officials are investigating the mishap.
Meanwhile, the carcass of a two-month old elephant calf was found near Ganeshkhola under Sarangi range in Dhenkanal district. However, the reason behind the death was not yet ascertained.