After a gap of seven days, another person in Sundargarh district was trampled to death by a tusker at Barpani village under Bargaon block in the district on Sunday evening.
The deceased was identified Samuel Jojo (54). When Jojo was returning to his home by a bicycle, he came across a 22-member elephant herd. later, a tusker crushed him to death.
Being informed, the Sundargarh Forest Division officials rushed to the spot and sent the dead body for post mortem. The forest officials also provided Rs 10,000 to the family members of the deceased for his funeral.
As per provision, the rest Rs 2.90 lakh would be given to his family members after necessary formalities, said Sundargarh DFO Arjun Behera. The forest officials had made efforts to drive away the elephant herd on Monday night.