India, April 19 -- Thevictims were asleep on their verandahswhen the tusker trampled them
Human-elephant conflict in villages near the forests has killed five persons, including a woman and two minor girls, in Odisha's Angul district on April 18.
Munda Singh (40), his 25-year-old sister and two minor daughters were trampled to death by a tusker in Sandha village within Talcher municipality. The elephant also killed 70-year-old Bhamarabar Samal of Santhapada village. The victims were sleeping on the verandas along with their houses.
The same tusker killed another man in Talcher on March 2.
"We found the tusker in the forest near Talcher on April 19 and informed the district forest officials to tranquilise the animal. The forest departmen...