Woman trampled to death by wild elephant in Chhattisgarh
A 40-year-old woman was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Mahasamund district of Chhattisgarh on Saturday, a forest official said. Bisahin Bai Vishwakarma, a resident of Dharampur village, was attacked by a jumbo-sized elephant when she was traveling with her husband and niece on a motorcycle in the morning, the official added further.
The other two managed to escape
The couple were employed under the MGNREGA scheme and were heading to Bijradih village under Bagbahra forest range, where a pond deepening work was underway, the official said. "They came face to face with a tusker, who caught hold of the woman and trampled her to death, while the others managed to flee," he added.
Rs. six lakh compensation announced for the woman's family
As soon as forest personnel came to know about the incident, they rushed to the spot and the body was sent for post-mortem, the official informed. He further added that the kin of the deceased was given an instant relief of Rs. 25,000, while the remaining compensation of Rs. 5.75 lakh will be disbursed on completion of necessary formalities.
Mahasamund has seen several such incidents
Several incidents of human-elephant conflicts have been reported in the last few years in villages of Mahasamund district, which shares borders with Raigarh district and neighboring Odisha, from where elephants generally enter the region. Recently, earlier this month, on May 14, a man was killed in a similar attack in the Parsadih village of Mahasamund.
