Elderly woman trampled by elephant in Korba district

RAIPUR: An elderly woman was trampled to death in tusker attack on Saturday morning when she was out to collect forest produce in Korba district. This is third death due to man-elephant conflict in the region within a week.

78-year-old Nevarthin Bai from village Sakdukla had gone to the forest to collect forest produce early on Saturday when she came across a wild elephant. The tuskers in the region have been behaving aggressively immediately as they come in contact with humans and chase them.

Having no refuge, the woman ran for life on seeing the wild elephant but she couldn't run much far. She was rolled over by the elephant in its trunk and was thrown on the ground with a strong impact. The pachyderm then trampled her till she died.

Locals didn't dare to come for the rescue and once the animal left, they rushed towards her only to find her dead. Her mutilated body was sent for post-mortem by forest officials.

Forest department had been warning people against going into the forest in presence of elephants and expresses incompetency to deal with the issue without co-operation of public.

It was early this week when another elderly woman was trampled to death by elephant when she went to forest to relieve herself in Kartala. Last Saturday a man was attacked in forest too. 60-year-old Ghusiaram Rathiya had gone to collect mahua fruits when an elephant trampled him to death.


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