An elderly man was killed by a tusker in Bisra forest range of Sundargarh district on Friday wee hours.
According to sources, Soma Oram (68) , a resident of Mandap village in Bisra forest range, had gone to collect wood from Bagdega forest nearer his home.A three-member elephant herd which was camping in the Mahipani reserve forest had sneaked into the Bagdega forest after being driven away by a forest squad. Soma came in front of a tusker which attacked and killed him then and there. On being informed, a forest squad seized the body and sent it to Bisra CHC for postmortem. Rs 15,000 as an advance amount towards his final rites was given to the deceased’s kin.
ACF Dilip Kumar Sahoo said, “We will give rest amount of Rs 3.85 lakh towards compensation to his family after they will complete necessary formalities.”