Ex-sarpanch trampled to death by tusker in Balrampur (Raipur) Times of India April 4, 2024 A 70-year-old former sarpanch of Shivpur village was trampled to death by an elephant when she had gone to collect Mahua at a village in Ramanujganj forest range of Balrampur district on Tuesday. Forest department officials said that there was a herd of nine elephants venturing in the region. The victim Kalavati Singh, 60, former sarpanch of Shivpur village, had gone to the forest of Chhinia with her husband Laxman Singh on Tuesday to collect Mahua. Laxman Singh returned at around 10am and Singh left after sometime but Kalavati decided to stay post noon. When she didn’t return home till evening, her husband went in the forest with other villagers and found her mutilated body. Forest department was informed and her body was seized for autopsy. Villagers are shocked by the incident. They have been advised not to venture in the forest as a loner tusker was moving aggressively. Mahua collectors are more prone to elephant attacks as it is the favourite fruit of tuskers. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/raipur/ex-sarpanch-trampled-to-death-by-tusker-in-balrampur/articleshow/109017409.cms