Gumla: A young farmer was trampled on to death by elephants in Gumla’s night village early Tuesday.
Two other people with him managed to escape, police said.
The deceased was identified as Krishna Sahu (26), a resident of Nagra Village under the Balumat District Police Office in Laterhar.
Krishna was sleeping together with Kanchan Kumar Sahu from Lohardaga and Sakaldeep Sahu from the Queen in an open tent to keep the vigil on their green bean plants that they grew up in a plot of land in the night village in Chainpur.
“Suddenly they heard a voice and when they came out, they saw a Tusker alone who attacked them.
Even though three of them tried to escape from the place, the elephant caught Krishna and dragged him to several and stepped on him to death,” OC office Chainpur police, said Amit Chaudhary.
Over the past two years, all three, who happened to be relatives, conducted peas agriculture on the rented ground, he said.
“The incident occurred around 12:30 a.m.
on Tuesday,” Chaudhary said.
Gumla Division Forest Officer, Shrikant said, “The aggressive Lone Tusker in nature lined up to the night of the area of PAT (Netarhat Highland) to find food.
We have given Rs 10,000 as aid immediately to the victim’s family.” In terms of the victim, the Ministry of Forestry Pay RS 4 Lakh compensation.
Shrikant said, “This is the second death caused by elephants this year in the Gumla Forest Division.
In July, the 60-year-old man was killed by a Tusker in Raikera Village under the Blok Bharno District.” DFO claims that human conflict – Animals have been reduced in this forest division.
“In 2018- 19, 14 people died.
But for two years, five deaths were recorded.
In this fiscal at this time, the death toll reported to date was two,” he said.
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