Baripada: An elderly woman was trampled to death by a wild elephant at a village in a forest area of Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district on Tuesday.
The incident took place at Dahi Sahi located under Baripada forest rage in the district when the woman had reportedly gone into a nearby forest to collect saal leaves, sources said.
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The deceased has been identified as Rani Naik (75) of nearby Lada Jod area.
When she was collecting the leaves, the wild elephant suddenly appeared in front of her and trampled her to death.
On being informed, forest personnel rushed to the site and launched an investigation into the incident. The body of the woman was recovered and sent for postmortem.
