Elephant kills man in Chg forest

A 55-year-old man was trampled to death by a wildelephantin Chhattisagrh's Jashpur district, police said today.
The incident occurred last evening in the forest adjacent to Dadpani village under Kansabel police station limits when one Prem Sai was returning home from his field, a local police official told PTI.
While returning, Sai went inside Kudeldab forests to pick woods when he was attacked by the elephant, he said.
On getting the information, Forest and police personnel rushed to the spot and sent Sai's body for postmortem, the official said.
The kin of the deceased have been given an instant relief amount of Rs 25,000 by Forest department, he added.

Thickly-forested northern Chhattisgarh, comprising Surguja, Korba, Raigarh, Jashpur and Korea districts, is notorious for humanelephantconflicts.
The region has witnessed several killings of tribals and widespread damage to houses and crops by rogue elephants in the past.