An elderly man was trampled to death by a tusker on Wednesday night in the Ujjalpur Forest Range under the Sundargarh forest division.
The deceased was identified as Puchu Pere (60) of Jagladih village under the Ujjalpur Forest Range in the district.
Sources said that on Wednesday night, at about 10 pm, a tusker entered into the village and Pere and his family saw that the tusker was coming towards their house. And in order to escape from the tusker’s attack, Puchu and his family rushed out of house but Puchu was trampled by the elephant.
The tusker also damaged houses of Puchu and other two houses nearby house of Puchu.
Puchu was rushed to the Kinjrikela CHC but as his situation was critical he was referred to the District Headquarters Hospital. Later he was declared brought dead.
Ujjalpur Forest Range Officer SK Manihira said Rs 10,000 has been given to his family members as advance amount for his final rites and rest Rs 3.90 lakh would be given after completion of necessary formalities.