Chhattisgarh: Woman killed in elephant attack in Jashpur

A 42-year-old lady was trampled to loss of life by a wild elephant in Chhattisgarhs Jashpur district, a forest official stated on Thursday.

Pratima Tigga, a local of Baasdhar village, was attacked by the tusker on Wednesday night close to Kuhapani village close to the Badalkhol Wildlife Sanctuary when she was on strategy to her village alongside along with her seven-year-old daughter, he stated.

The lady and her daughter have been getting back from Rengle village and once they crossed a river, they got here face-to-face with an elephant which charged in direction of them.

The jumbo caught maintain of the girl and trampled her to loss of life, whereas her daughter managed to flee and knowledgeable locals, he stated.

After being alerted, forest personnel rushed to the spot and despatched the physique for autopsy, he stated.

The sufferer’s household was supplied an prompt aid quantity of ₹ 25,000 whereas the remaining compensation of ₹ 5.75 lakh shall be given after completion of the mandatory formalities, the official stated.

“With this incident, 16 people have been killed in separate incidents of elephant attacks in the district in the last one year,” he stated.

On March 29, a girl was killed in anelephant attack at a forest in the Badalkhol Wildlife Sanctuary.

Several incidents of human-elephant battle have been reported in the previous from the thick forested northern Chhattisgarh, consisting of Surguja, Surajpur, Korba, Raigarh, Jashpur, Balrampur and Korea districts.

The area has witnessed killings of a number of villagers and widespread injury to homes and crops by rogue elephants.