A 32-year-old man was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Chhattisgarh’s Jashpur district, an official said on Monday.
The incident took place in Rede village in the Pathalgaon forest range on Sunday night, Jashpur Divisional Forest Officer Jitendra Upadhyay said.
Budhnath Paikra was returning to his house in Saraitola village on his bicycle when he encountered an elephant, which caught hold of him and killed him.
The man's family was provided an instant relief of Rs 25,000, the official said.
Meanwhile, herds of elephants have destroyed houses and crops in Kotba, Chiknipani and Saraitola villages in the Pathalgaon forest range in the last one week, Upadhyay added.