Sundargarh, Aug. 25 -- Panic gripped residents of several villages under Sundargarh Sadar Forest Range after an elderly person was killed while a couple suffered grievous injuries in elephant attack at two separate places last night.

According to reports, an elderly man of Kotingidihi village was crushed to death by a jumbo when he was sleeping inside a Mandap last night. The deceased has been identified as Sankara Tanti. The jumbo broke into the Mandap and crushed him to death.

Later, the elephant attacked a couple of Hamirpur village injuring them critically. Reportedly, one Kumoromoni Sahu and his wife Padmini were sleeping, when the jumbo attacked their house. When the duo tried to flee, the pachyderm attacked them. The couple was r...