An elephant stabbed a man to death with its tusk at Kaijoda village under the Champua Forest Range in Keonjhar district on Saturday evening. The deceased was identified as Srikant Nayak (40).
According to reports, Nayak had gone to a canal near the village when a tusker attacked him. The elephant stabbed him in his belly with its tusk, resulting in his death on the spot.
On being informed, forest officials reached village late in the night and recovered Nayak’s body for postmortem.