70-Year-Old Woman Trampled To Death by Wild Elephant in Jharkhand

Jamshedpur: On the occasion of World Elephant Day, an elderly woman lost her life after being attacked by a wild elephant.

The incident occurred in the Chiyabandhi village of Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district.

Wild Elephant Tramples 70-Year-Old Woman to Death

A 70-year-old woman was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district, police said.

The incident took place in Chiyabandhi village in Chakulia block on World Elephant Day on Monday.

The woman, identified as Ratni Sabar, was relieving herself in the morning when she was attacked by the pachyderm, a police officer said.

Villagers took her to a nearby community health centre, where doctors declared her dead, he added.

Elephant Attacks in Recent Past

This is not the first incident of an elephant attack; in the recent past, multiple attacks and casualties have been reported after the animal attack.

A wild elephant entered some villages in Chhattisgarh's Korba district on August 8 and trampled to death a 55-year-old woman and five cattle, officials said. The jumbo attacked Gayatri Rathore in Ralia as she stepped out of her home for a morning walk, leaving her seriously injured, he said. The woman's family members immediately shifted her to a hospital in Korba where she succumbed during treatment, the official said.

The wild elephant that killed a 55-year-old woman in Chhattisgarh's Korba district a day ago, also trampled to death two women members of a family hours later, officials said on Friday. Two women members of a family - Teej Kunwar (60) and Surja Bai (40) - were attacked by the jumbo outside their mud house in Khairbhavna village when they were trying to escape after learning about the presence of the elephant, leading to their death on the spot.

(Inputs from PTI)