Sundargarh, Nov 28: In a tragic incident, a man was allegedly trampled to death by an elephant at Baragaon forest range in Odisha’s Sundargarh district.
The deceased has been identified as Hiralal Behera (55). As per reports, the incident took place at Gargadbahal village under Baragaon forest range when Hiralal was returning from his farmland when he came face to face with an elephant. Thereafter, the pachyderm picked him up with its trunk and crushed him leading to his death on the spot. On getting information, police along with the forest officials rushed to the spot and seized the body. Subsequently, it was sent for post-mortem.
Further investigation into the matter is underway.
