Two women were killed and a man was injured in an elephant attack in Korba district of Chhattisgarh.
The incident took place on Sunday afternoon in the Chotia coal mine in the Katghora forest range, Katghora Divisional Forest Officer Kumar Nishant said.
Narsingh Paikra (42) and his wife Rajkumari (39), Paikra’s sister Punni Bai (55) and her son Deepak, all from Korbi village, had gone to area to pluck bamboo shoots.
The four encountered an elephant and tried to escape but the animal caught hold of the two women and trampled them to death.
Narsingh sustained serious injuries in the attack.