India, July 23 -- A wild elephant and her calf in the Lailunga forest range on Tuesday evening went on a rampage and trampled to death three persons including a three-year-old child, in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district, forest officials said on Wednesday.

Forest officials said the elephants first strayed into Gosaidih village in the Anglikala area, where they destroyed several houses, killing three-year-old Satyam Rawat. The two then moved towards Mohanpur village a few kilometres away, where they trampled to death Santara Bai Rathiya (46) and Purushottam Khadia (48).

Both incidents occurred in the Lailunga forest range, under the Dharamjaigarh forest division.

Divisional forest officer Jitendra Upadhyay said that forest personnel rushe...