JEYPORE: Two people were killed
when a stampeding elephant trampled them at a village in Koraput district on
Sunday night.
The persons were identified as Sanai
Muduli and Pitambar Muduli of Jamjhola village under Borigumma block in the
district. The elephants trampled the duo when they were fast asleep in their
home.
Protesting the
jumbo menace in the area, the irate villagers blocked road at Borigumma in the
district on Monday and demanded compensation to the families of the deceased. Later
the forest officials reached the spot and assured for compensation after which
the villagers call off the road blockade.
Notably, a
person was killed due to elephant attack on February 9 in the area. “It is a
regular incident that marauding elephants are entering into the village and
destroying crop and attacking human being in the area,” said a villagers.
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