A 46-year-old-man was trampled to death by an elephant this evening when a forest department team was chasing away a herd which had strayed into a human habitat in Jhargram district, forest officials said.
The incident happened at Srirampur village under the jurisdiction of Narayanpur police station of the district near Odisha border, a forest official said.
The herd was being chased and 46-year-old Bijoy Hembram, a member of the forest protection committee, was trampled by an elephant, the official said.
The herd was causing trouble in the area for quite sometime and the forest department team had started chasing the elephants away from Monday, said Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Kharagpur, Arup Mukherjee.
The herd comprised 15 to 20 elephants, Mukherjee said.
Bijoy Hembram, who was seriously injured, was taken to a local hospital where he was declared brought dead, he added.
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