A 22-year-old woman was trampled to death by a wild elephant in a forest near her village in Chhattisgarh’s Surajpur district on Saturday, a Forest Department official said.
The incident occurred when Paan Kunwar was grazing her goats and collecting wood in the forest near Ghui village, Surajpur Divisional Forest Officer B S Bhagat said.
She suddenly came face to face with an elephant which trampled her to death, he said.
An immediate aid of Rs 25,000 has been provided to the kin of the deceased, the officer said, adding that the remaining compensation of Rs 5.75 lakh will be given later.