Chhattisgarh Woman Dragged On Street, Trampled To Death By Wild Elephant
(Jashpur)
NDTV
September 26, 2022
A 65-year-old woman was trampled to death by a wild elephant at a village
in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur district on Monday, a forest official said.
The victim, Pyari Toppo, came face to face with an elephant when she
stepped out of her house in Babu Saajbahar village under Tapkara forest
range, in the morning, sub-divisional officer (forest) Naveen Nirala said.
The elephant caught hold of the woman with its trunk and dragged her on the
street before trampling her to death, he said.
The forest personnel were alerted and the body was shifted to a hospital
for post-mortem, he said.
The woman's relatives were provided an instant relief of ₹ 25,000, while
the remaining compensation of ₹ 5.75 lakh will be disbursed once the
necessary formalities are completed, the official said.
A herd of 14 elephants had recently entered the Tapkara range from
neighbouring Odisha and locals have been alerted, he added.
Jashpur shares borders with neighbouring Odisha and Jharkhand and the dense
forest at this tri-junction is a prime habitat for elephants.
Human-elephant conflicts in the northern part of the state had been a major
cause of concern for the last one decade and the menace has further spread
to some districts of the central region.
Incidents of elephant attacks have been reported in Surguja, Raigarh,
Korba, Surajpur, Gariaband, Jashpur, and Balrampur districts.
https://www.ndtv.com/cities/chhattisgarh-woman-dragged-on-street-trampled-to-death-by-wild-elephant-3377972
Chhattisgarh Woman Dragged On Street, Trampled To Death By Wild Elephant
(Jashpur)
NDTV
September 26, 2022
A 65-year-old woman was trampled to death by a wild elephant at a village
in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur district on Monday, a forest official said.
The victim, Pyari Toppo, came face to face with an elephant when she
stepped out of her house in Babu Saajbahar village under Tapkara forest
range, in the morning, sub-divisional officer (forest) Naveen Nirala said.
The elephant caught hold of the woman with its trunk and dragged her on the
street before trampling her to death, he said.
The forest personnel were alerted and the body was shifted to a hospital
for post-mortem, he said.
The woman's relatives were provided an instant relief of ₹ 25,000, while
the remaining compensation of ₹ 5.75 lakh will be disbursed once the
necessary formalities are completed, the official said.
A herd of 14 elephants had recently entered the Tapkara range from
neighbouring Odisha and locals have been alerted, he added.
Jashpur shares borders with neighbouring Odisha and Jharkhand and the dense
forest at this tri-junction is a prime habitat for elephants.
Human-elephant conflicts in the northern part of the state had been a major
cause of concern for the last one decade and the menace has further spread
to some districts of the central region.
Incidents of elephant attacks have been reported in Surguja, Raigarh,
Korba, Surajpur, Gariaband, Jashpur, and Balrampur districts.
https://www.ndtv.com/cities/chhattisgarh-woman-dragged-on-street-trampled-to-death-by-wild-elephant-3377972