A 71-year-old woman was trampled to death by a herd of wild elephants in Chhattisgarh’s Korba district early on Friday, an official said.
The tragedy took place at around 3 am in Tumbahra village in the Pasan Forest Range, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Katghora Shama Farooqui said.
On seeing a herd of 43 elephants enter the village, people panicked and started to run. Before escaping, the son of the deceased, Budh Kunwariya, tried to conceal her under a heap of straw as she was unable to run.
However, she got trampled by the herd and died in a hospital in neighbouring Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district. The herd has been chased away, Farooqui said.
The woman’s family has been given Rs 25,000 as relief and will be provided another Rs 5.75 lakhs on completion of formalities, she added.