An elephant trampled to death a woman who had gone to fetch fodder in the Motichur Range of the Rajaji National Park on Wednesday. The incident took place in forest area about two kms from Satyanarayan Mandir.

The Raiwala police have filed a complaint in connection to the case and further investigations are on. The incident comes after the Forest Department had recently relocated the ‘killer’ tuskar of Rishikesh to the Chilla Range of the National Park sometimes ago.

The incident took place when Pramila (45) had gone to the woods to fetch fodder. Pramila, who stays in Punjab, had come to her parents’ house in Pradeepnagar near Raiwala last week. Her body was found in the Motichur Range around 2 pm on Wednesday. The Raiwala police were intimated and a complaint has been registered in connection to the case. Sub Inspector of Rawila police post, Mahadev Uniyal, said, “The body has been sent for post-mortem and further investigations in the case are on.”