Just two days after it killed a man in the Belpahar Forest Range area in Jharsuguda district, a tusker trampled to death another villager in the same area in the wee hours of Tuesday.
The elephant too destroyed properties when villagers of Kudaloi were sleeping at around 2am. By the time some of them got up and called others, the tusker had already gone on a rampage. They started to run away from their homes. Amidst the commotion, the tusker caught a 60-year-old man, Budham Nag, and trampled him to death.
later in the morning, the villagers blocked National Highway 49 at Kudaloi chowk till 3pm, demanding the elephant be driven away from the lakhanpur block at the earliest and adequate compensation with a Government job for the victim’s family.The villagers withdrew the agitation after Brajrajnagar SDPO NC Dandsena and Jharsuguda DFO Arjun Behera assured of prompt action.
On Sunday, the tusker had also killed a man in Belpahar forest range area.A compensation amount of Rs 3 lakh will be provided to Nag's family after required formalities, said DFO Arjun Behera. He too assured that the tusker would be taken out of the lakhanpur block area on a priority basis.