Sambalpur: Human casualty in elephant attacks continued in the State when a mother son duo was trampled to death by a tusker at Gadakuna village under Bhojpur forest range of Mohoda Panchayat on Tuesday night.
The woman’s husband, who also came under attack of the rampaging jumbo, has been admitted to the Burla hospital with grave injuries, reports stated.
As per reports, a family of three, Prasanta Munda (40) his wife Dina (35) and son Sahid (10) lived in a mud hut near a brick kiln where he worked near Akharadanapada village.
At around 3:30 am a tusker from the nearby forest furiously barged into the house, breaking the walls. Awakened by the noise, Prasant rushed out of the hut and tried to distract the elephant. But the tusker turned towards him and attacked with its large trunk. Prashant suffered serious injuries in the attack.
While Prasant struggled for his life, the big giant allegedly slammed the mother son duo on the ground, causing their death instantaneously.
Prasant who survived the attack was later rushed to the Burla Medical College for treatment.
The Forest Ranger Officer of Sambalpur along with Kuchinda police officials reached the spot sent the bodies for post-mortem.
It’s not the for the first time that human lives have been lost in the man-animal conflict saga in Odisha.
Massive deforestation and invasion of humans into the wild territory is resulting in the increase in such instances.