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Woman trampled to death by elephants

March 15,2009

Dehradun , Mar 15 An old woman was trampled to death by a herd of wild elephants in the forest area inside the Rajaji Park here, official sources said today.

Haneefa (60), a resident of Jwalapur area, along with several other women went to the jungles near the Sureshwari Devi temple to collect firewood when they were attacked by a herd of elephants yesterday.

While the other women managed to escape from the spot, Haneefa was trampled to death by the elephants.

Later, the forest personnel recovered her body and handed over it to her family members after conducting postmortem.

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