Gumla: A 25-year-old man was crushed to death by a wild elephant at Ramyatola village under Kamdara block of Gumla district late on Monday night and the deceased was identified as Jayant Topno.
Topno was among the crowd of men from Ramyatola who were chasing away a herd of wild elephants which had entered the hamlet on Monday night. Although the men managed to drive the herd away from the hamlet to the borders of the neighbouring Bamni and Kurnul villages, one of the elephants sprang out from behind a bush and caught Topno with its trunk.
The elephant, a young tusker, slammed Topno to the ground and took him behind the bushes and attacked him with its tusks. Topno died on the spot. The herd then moved away to the forests near Torpa-Gidum areas. While cops retrieved Topno’s corpse on Monday night, it was sent to Gumla sadar hospital for an autopsy on Tuesday morning. Anthony Lakra, the local forest official, said the deceased’s father was paid Rs 25,000 as immediate compensati