Man killed in elephant attack in Chg's Korba district

A 60-year-old man died while his wife was injured when an elephant attacked them after entering their house in a village in Chhattisgarh's Korba district, a Forest official said today.

The incident occurred late last night when a herd of elephants stormed into Madai village, located around 250 kms away from the state capital.

"A tusker entered the house of Bodhan Singh (60) and his wife Pipariya Bai (54) who were asleep and attacked them," Divisional Forest Officer (Katghora) S Jagdishan said, adding that while Singh died immediately, his wife was severely injured.

He said a team of Forest personnel reached the spot after receiving information about the incident and chased away the jumbos.

"They rushed the injured woman to local primary health centre, where her condition was stated to be critical," the DFO said.

An instant relief amount of Rs 25,000 was given to the kin of the deceased while the remaining compensation of Rs 3.75 lakh will be disbursed within 15 days, he added.

Thickly forested northern Chhattisgarh region comprising Surguja, Korba, Raigarh, Jashpur, and Korea districts is notorious for human-elephantconflicts.