Man-elephant conflict: Two youths killed in elephant attacks in Odisha’s Bargarh

Two youths were trampled to death by two wild elephants in separate incidents reported from Bargarh district on Sunday. 

The deceased have been identified as Sibalal Suna of Kathaumal village under Gaisilet block and Baladeb Sahu alias Balaram of Bisipali village under Bheden block. 

In one incident, the deceased Sibalal, a labourer, was engaged in canal construction work. Like any other day, he along with other labourers went to the construction site on Sunday morning. On their way back, he came in front of a tusker. Before he could think of anything to avoid being attacked by the wild animal, the latter picked the former up and trampled him under its feet, leading to his death. 

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Similarly, in the second incident, Balaram, a farmer, was going to his paddy field when a wild elephant came from nowhere and attacked him. 
While the police recovered the bodies for post-mortem, the Forest Department officials have launched probes into the incidents. 

On December 3 night, a wild elephant trampled two persons to death at Jaritapur under Khordha’s Tangi block. The deceased were identified as Krushna Chandra Pradhan and Laxmidhar Behera.

(Reported by Dharmadatta Padhee)