In yet another man-elephant conflict, a 65-year-old man was trampled to death by a tusker in Sundargarh district during the wee hours on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Chudamani Naik of Mahuljore village under the Sundargarh Sadar police station.
The tusker entered into the village and went on to damage a house. Naik, who was staying in a nearby house, came out for urinating. Seeing Naik, the pachyderm ran after him and later crushed him to death.
The Sundargarh Forest division provided `10,000 to the deceased’s family members for his final rites. Rest `2.90 lakh compensation would be provided after necessary formalities, said Sundargarhs DFO Arjun Behera.