An elderly man was trampled to death by an elephant near Patrapali village under the Gopalpur Forest Range in Sundargarh district in wee hours on Saturday.
The deceased Sushil Sa (70) had gone to collect Mahua flower in the forest when the tusker attacked him.After getting information, forest officials rushed to the spot and informed the Hemgiri police. The body of Sushil was sent for postmortem and then handed over to his family.
Gopalpur Forest Range Officer Bijay Mohapatra said an amount of Rs 20,000 was provided as advance to Sushil’s family towards compensation for his funeral. “After completion of necessary formalities by his family members, we will provide the rest amount of Rs 3.8 lakh towards compensation,” added he.