Bhawanipatna: A forest personnel died after being attacked by an elephant at Ghana Reserve Forest near Golamunda in Junagarh Forest Range of Kalahandi district.
Kalahandi South DFO informed that the deceased Jagannath Tripathy (47), a Para staff, succumbed after being attacked by a wild elephant at around 3.30 pm on Thursday while tracking it.
His post-mortem has been completed and the deceased family will be provided with financial assistance. The Service Provider has also been informed to process the ESI & EPF and other financial benefits to the family.