The elephant lifted the person with its trunk and flung him to the bottom. (Representational)
Bilaspur:
A 47-year-old man was killed after a wild elephant attacked him in Chhattisgarh’s Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district, a forest official mentioned on Sunday.
With this, 4 folks have to this point been killed in assaults by jumbos within the district bordering Madhya Pradesh since March this yr.
The most recent incident befell on Saturday night in Beljhariya village underneath Katra forest vary when the sufferer, recognized as Ramdhan Gond, returned dwelling together with his spouse after their each day routine work, Marwahi divisional forest officer Dinesh Patel mentioned.
Gond screamed as he noticed a tusker within the yard of his home.
The elephant lifted the person with its trunk, flung him to the bottom and trampled him. Gond died on the spot, the official mentioned, including that the person’s spouse managed to flee.
The household of the sufferer have been offered an on the spot aid of Rs 25,000, whereas the remaining compensation of Rs 5.75 lakh can be given after the completion of mandatory formalities, he mentioned.
A herd of three elephants had entered the Marwahi forest space from the neighbouring Anuppur forest division in MP and the tusker that attacked Gond and others villagers lately belonged to the identical herd, the official mentioned.
On Friday, a 47-year-old man was killed by the elephant close to Maladand village underneath Sivni forest circle of the Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district.
On March 20 this yr, a 10-year-old lady was trampled to dying by an elephant close to Rumga village within the district.
Apart from, a lady was killed in the same assault close to Parasi village on March 24, officers earlier mentioned.
Human-elephant conflicts within the state’s northern half have been a serious reason behind concern for the final one decade and the menace has additional unfold to some districts of the central area in the previous couple of years.
Surguja, Raigarh, Korba, Surajpur, Mahasamund, Dhamtari and Gariaband are a number of the districts going through the menace.
In line with forest officers, over 200 folks have been killed in elephant assaults within the state within the final three years.
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