An elephant has trampled two elderly persons to death in separate incidents in Jharkhand's Palamau district, forest officials said on Saturday.
The pachyderm killed a 65-year-old man in a village under Bishrampur police station limits on Thursday, Regional Chief Conservator of Forest (Palamau region), Mohan Lal, said.
"The same elephant entered a house at Arapur village under Nava Bazaar police station limits on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday to eat stored paddy and killed a 70-year-old-woman who was sleeping inside," Lal said.
The forest department has given Rs 1 lakh each to the kin of the deceased, he said.
A team from West Bengal's Bankura district has reached the area to drive away the elephant into the forests, Lal added.
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