Tusker tramples youth to death

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In a yet another elephant attack, a youth was trampled to death in the Sadar Forest Range in Sundargarh district in the wee hours of Monday. The tragedy happened while Dibakar Kisan (19) had gone to attend nature’s call near his house at Gurabasa village. Seeing a tusker coming his way, he started running but was finally crushed under its feet. Forest and police officials rushed to the village and provided Rs10,000 to Dibakar’s family for his funeral rites. A herd of 30 elephants had come out of the forest and entered Gurabasa and nearby areas on Sunday midnight. The killer tusker stayed back at Gurabasa. “Dibakar’s family will be provided Rs2 lakh towards compensation,” said Sundargarh DFO Arjun Behera.         

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