Baripada: A tribal man was trampled to death by an elephant in a forest in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district Monday, police said.
The incident took place near Bandiraposhi village under Joshipur police limits when the victim, identified as Lalmohan Naik (55), went to a nearby forest to relieve himself and came face to face with the elephant, they said.
Forest personnel rescued Naik in a seriously injured condition and rushed him to hospital.
However, he succumbed to his injuries on the way.
Police have registered an unnatural death case. The body was sent to Karanjia Sub Divisional Hospital for postmortem, police said.
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