A 50-year-old woman was trampled to death by a tusker in Ankurpalli village area of Kuanrmunda forest range of Sundargarh district on wee hours of Monday.
Following, tension prevailed in the locality, as hundreds of locals expressed their anger over the forest officials for failing to keep rising man-elephant conflicts under leash.
The deceased was identified as Dhania lakra (50). She had gone out of her house to attend nature call. On her way, she suddenly came in front of a tusker which attacked her and crushed her to death. Significantly, the tusker was standing alone on the spot. Some locals had noticed this and informed his family members. locals also informed the forest officials, following which a team reached the spot.
The villagers claimed that the State Government’s provision of Rs 4 lakh compensation to elephant attack victim was not enough. "We paid Rs. 20,000 cash immediately to the victim's family and assured them to engage one of victim's son in forest office on temporary basis," said Assistant Conservator of Forest Dilip Sahoo.
later, the body was taken for post mortem and handed over to the family members.