An eighty-year-old woman was crushed to death by wild tusker at Dhevladeeh village under Katghora police station limits on Wednesday morning. According to local residents, the incident occurred at around 5 am when a female elephant along with her calf reached Dhevladeeh. At the same time, Budhiya Bai (80), wife of Sakharam, was going to attend the nature’s call.
Unfortunately, the old woman did not see the elephant standing near her house and came out of her house. As she saw the elephant coming towards her, she tried to escape from the spot, but failed and the elephant trampled her. However, the residents managed to chase the herd of elephants and immediately informed Forest Department officials about the incident. On getting the information, Katghora Forest Range Officer Cl Raj reached the spot and gave compensation of Rs10,000 to the next of kin of the deceased. Katghora Station House Officer Gopal Vaishya said, “Police have registered a case and after post-mortem, the body was handed over to the family.’’