Wild tusker tramples to death 58-year-old

A 58-year-old man was trampled to death by a tusker at Oupada Mahadia village in the Dhenkanal Sadar forest range early today, the police said.

The incident occurred when Prasanna Kumar Baral was on his way to a field for attending to nature's call.

Local people said Baral came in the way of a wild tusker, which crushed him to death. The tusker is part of a herd of 10 to 12 elephants that had strayed into the human settlement yesterday.

Angry over the death, local people blocked National Highway-55 and demanded adequate compensation for the family members of the killed.
 

The agitation was withdrawn after the district administration and forest department assured them of ensure compensation for the family of the slain, said ACF Jitendra Nath Das.