A 60-year-old man was trampled to death by a tusker at village Terandi of Nilgiri on Monday night.The deceased was identified as Sudam Majhi, a resident of Betnoti of Mayurbhanj district. He had come to a relative’s house at Terandi.
Divisional Forest Officer HB Udgata said, “The tusker, a member of a herd of three, which had entered a kuccha house for taking Handia, killed Majhi when he came on his way.
Majhi will be given compensation as per the guidelines. Further announcement has been made requesting people not store any alcoholic substances in their houses.
In another incident, a man was killed and three others were injured at Sagjore village in the Rajgangpur forest range in Sundargarh district when a tusker attacked them in the wee hour of Monday.
An elephant herd of ten has been creating scare at this village after coming from Jharkhand. A tusker entered Sagjore and attacked Sirli Bada and Sirli Kissan.
The villagers ran hither and thither. Mahananda lakra and his wife Magdali were intercepted by the tusker. The tusker lifted Mahananda by his trunk, threw him on the ground and then crushed his head leaving him dead. Magdali narrowly escaped with minor injuries.
Sirli, who was seriously injured, was finally rushed to the Ispat General Hospital in Rourkela. The irate villagers, putting Mahananda’s body on road for about ten hours, demanded adequate ex-gratia to his family and steps to drive away the elephant herd from the locality permanently.