Wild Elephant Tramples Girl To Death In Odisha’s Keonjhar (Bhubaneswar)
Ommcom News
April 26, 2024
A wild pachyderm trampled a 20-year-old girl to death in a jungle near
Gurutuan village under the Champua forest range in Odisha’s Keonjhar
district on Thursday.
The deceased was identified as Sombari Munda, a native of Gurutuan under
Jajang panchayat.
According to reports, the gruesome incident occurred when the girl was on
her way to her maternal grandfather’s house taking a road that passes
through a jungle. On the way, the girl suddenly encountered a wild elephant
that attacked and trampled her to death on the spot.
On being informed, police from Bamebari and local Forest Department staff
reached the spot and started an investigation into the incident. The police
sent Sombari’s body for post-mortem and registered a case of unnatural
death.
Talking to reporters, Bamebari IIC Dipti Ranjan Sahu confirmed that the
girl was killed in an elephant attack. On the other hand, Forest Department
staff strived hard to drive off the elephant herd into the forest.
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