9-year-old boy trampled to death by elephant in Odisha

A nine-year-old boy was trampled to death, while his mother and infant sister were seriously injured by a wild tusker in Odishas Keonjhar district, police said today.

The incident happened yesterday at Khuntakata village under the jurisdiction of Bansapal police station, the police said.

The jumbo stormed into the victim's house late last night and trampled the boy to death when his mother was trying to escape with both the children, police said.

While the 9-year-old boy was killed on the spot, his mother and five-month-old sister received serious injuries, a police officer said.

They were admitted to a hospital at Bansapal initially, he said, adding, after sometime they were shifted to the district headquarters hospital here since their condition deteriorated.

Irate villagers staged a road blockade for sometime and demanded that concrete steps should be taken to save the locals from elephant attacks, the officer said.

The villagers also demanded adequate compensation for the family of the deceased, the officer added.

The blockade was lifted after assurance from the officials, he said.