A wild elephant trampled a man to death in Balarampur village under the Sadar Forest Range in the district on Friday. The deceased was identified as Surendra Parida.
The victim had gone to pluck cashew nuts from a garden in the morning when the incident occurred.
He died on the spot as the elephant lifted him with its trunk and then trampled him. Parida’s family would be compensated as per the existing policy of the Forest Department for the elephant attack death victims, informed a forest official.