A forty-year-old man was killed by a tusker in the Tamda forest range under the Bonei Forest Division of Sundargarh district late on Friday night.
The deceased was identified as Sukadeb Patra, resident of Kuleibaga village under the Tamara Forest Range.
Sources said that while Patra was returning home from his farm land, he came face to face with the elephant near his house.
He began running away, but the tusker chased him and killed him.
Tamda Forest Range Officer PK Sethi said, “We have given Rs 50,000 to his family members as an advance amount towards compensation for an elephant victim and the remaining Rs 3.5 lakh would be paid to them after completion of the formalities.”