Three die in elephant attack in Kandhamal - OrissaPOST

Three die in elephant attack in Kandhamal - OrissaPOST

Phulbani: Three persons were trampled to death by separate herds of elephants in the jungles of Kandhamal district, forest officials said Saturday. While two persons died at Damba forest in Petapanfa gram panchayat Friday evening, another man met the same fate at Paburia forest Saturday morning, they said. All three had gone to the forest to collect firewood, said Manikeswari Patnaik, the forest range officer, G Udayagiri. The deceased persons w…

3 Killed In Elephant Attacks In Odisha’s Kandhamal

Phulbani: Three persons were killed in two separate elephant attacks in Paburia section of G. Udayagiri in Odisha’s Kandhamal district, triggering panic among villagers. According to sources, Basudev Pradhan and Kirtan Bagarti from Damba village had gone to fetch firewood from the forest on Friday when they were attacked and trampled to death by a wild elephant. In another incident, 30-year-old Duri Pradhan of Paburia village was killed in eleph…

Elephant attacks claim 3 Lives in two days in Odisha’s Kandhamal

Kandhamal: Panic has gripped parts of Kandhamal district of Odisha after a series of elephant attacks claimed three lives within two days in different forest areas. In the latest incident, a man was killed early today morning after being attacked by an elephant in the Rajenbadi–Danipangi forest near Sindurgada under Paburia Panchayat in Tikabali block’s Sarangada police limits. The victim had gone near the forest area when the elephant suddenly …