3 die in elephant attacks

couple, were trampled to death by wild elephants in separate incidents in Odisha's Sundargarh district, official sources said here today.

A couple, identified as William and Phulmani Ekka, was killed by a rogue elephant in Jharmunda village under Ujjwalpur forest range last night, they said.

The male elephant which killed the two had also crushed to death another person of the same village on December 25.

After getting separated from a herd of about 15 jumbos, the elephant was roaming the area causing damage to life and property in the vicinity, they said.

In the second incident, one Ramprakash Rout of Sanparsara village near Kacharu was trampled to death by another herd of pachyderms last night, sources said.

A few days back, two