A 66-year-old man was killed on Friday night in elephant attack at Gidhpahadi village under Ujalpur forest range of Sundargarh forest division. The tusker trampled Siman Edbu (66) and four of his goats to death, besides damaging his house completely.
The deceased was staying in Gidhpahadi village along with his son, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren. As per reports, the tusker on at 9.30 pm on Friday night dashed the wall of deceased Siman’s house when he was taking rest outside the verandah. As the wall collapsed on him and Siman could not move, the elephant trampled him to death on the spot.
Four goats were also killed as the wall collapsed on them. However, other family members of the deceased had a miraculous escape as they hide themselves in a corner of the room.
Meanwhile, the Sundargarh Forest Division provided Rs5000 to the family of deceased for his cremation and started initiatives in driving away the big tusker from the villaeg.