Baripada: In yet another incident of man-animal conflict, a woman, identified as Manka (35), was trampled to death by an elephant in Radhikasol village under Betanati in the Baripada range in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district in the wee hours of Thursday.
Another villager, Dhanu Singh, was injured in the incident.
According to reports, a wild tusker left the Betanti Range area, crossed the National Highway No 18 and entered a village on the periphery of the village at around 3.00 am on Thursday. After damaging a few houses in the village, the tusker entered the house of Sitaram Hansda. It then pulled his wife Manka out of the house with its trunk and trampled the woman to death.
Soon after the incident, villagers staged a demonstration and informed the Forest Department about the incident. Krishnachandrapur outpost ASI Sutar Kumar Mahant reached the spot, seized Manka’s body and sent it to Baripada District Head Hospital (DHH) for autopsy.
It is worth mentioning here that four people lost their lives in elephant attacks in the region in the last three days. According to reports, a person died and two were in critical condition in Suliapada police station area in a tusker attack Monday evening. The deceased was identified as Raghunath Hembram from Sunpuria village, while the injured were identified as Luski Soren from Pokharia village and Sarbeswar Singh from Tadaki village.
