India, Dec. 19 -- A 35-year-old man was killed in an elephant attack on Friday in Chhattisgarh's Korba district, taking the death toll from the same tusker to three in the past three days, forest officials said.

The elephant attacked Mahendra Singh around 6 am while he was sitting on the veranda of his house in Gaurbora village under the Balco forest range, Korba Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Premlata Yadav said.

According to the DFO, the lone tusker-believed to have separated from its herd-had trampled two women to death in the Katghora forest division over the past two days.

The elephant entered the Korba forest division early on Friday, triggering panic in nearby villages.

Mahendra's father, who was also at home, reportedly heard...