In the continuing man-animsal conflict in the State, two more persons were killed and another sustained injuries when a wild elephant went on a rampage, this time at Godipatana village within the Jajpur Road Forest Range in Jajpur district on Thursday evening. The deceased were identified as Chintamani Ram (62) and Iswar Das (55) of village Godipatana, said Forest Range Officer Debendra Patnaik to reporters.
Notably, a 55-year-old tribal man of village Benapatia within the Tamaka Forest Range in the district had also been trampled to death by an elephant on Sunday. “We are trying to catch the rogue elephant, which has come from Jharkhand,” added the Range Officer.
