A man was trampled to death by a herd of elephants on Sunday morning in Bonei forest division. Police have recovered the body. Sources said two persons of Bhandih village under Bonei forest range of Sundargarh district had gone to Gogua reserve forest to collect wood on Sunday morning. At around 11 am, the herd of elephants ran towards both. Seeing this, they tried to run away, but one of them was trampled.
After getting information, Bonei forest range officials rushed to the spot and spotted the body. He was identified as Ekadasia Kisan (45).Rs10, 000 was given to the family members of the deceased for cremation.
"Rest Rs2 .90 lakh will be provided to them towards compensation," said Ranger B Das. In another elephant attack under Rourkela Forest Division, three members of a family were injured and two of them were admitted in hospital.
Sources said, on Sunday midnight around 1.30 am, a tusker came towards the family members who were asleep and attacked them on the verandah of their house. The trio was identified as Nirmal Das(58), Prafulla Das(52) and Bikas Das(22).