Man trampled to death by tusker in Bengal

A man was killed after

being trampled by an elephant in West Bengal's Alipurduar district on Wednesday, police said.

Mahadeb Tirkey came in front of a tusker while on his way to his roadside eatery in Latabari area of Kalchini block, a police officer said.

Tirkey was trampled by the pachyderm and he died on the spot, the officer said.

The body has been sent for post-mortem, he added.