BHUBANESWAR: Wild elephants killed four persons in two different places of
Sundargarh and Mayurbhanj district late on Thursday night.
According
to reports, a herd of three jumbos entered into Chandanpur village in
Mayurbhanj district and crushed the house of one Ramachandra Murmu as a result
of which Murmu’s son and daughter died on the spot. Other three members of his
family were undergoing treatment in Baripada district headquarters hospital.
Baripada
DFO Sanjay Swain assured the family that the Forest department would provide
compensation according to the Government guidelines. Free treatment would also
be provided to the injured, he added.
In
Sundargarh, a herd of marauding elephants trampled an elderly couple of Mulata
village under Lathikata block on Thursday night.
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