Chhattisgarh: Wild elephant tramples man to death; 11th such fatality in state in Sept
The Hindu
The kin of the deceased were provided an immediate aid of ₹ 25,000 each.
A 50-year-old man was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Chhattisgarh's Surajpur district on Sunday, taking the count of such fatalities in the state to 11 so far this month, a forest official said.
The incident took place at around 2 a.m. at Badma village under Pratappur forest range, he said.
As per the preliminary information, there was a folk dance programme in the village and after watching the event, the victim, identified as Veersai Paikra, was going to drop a girl of his village to her home when the incident happened, he said.
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