A herd of elephants trampled a 52 years old man to death while he was collecting Mahua in the forest near Chirka village under Chiniya police station area, in the early morning on Saturday.

 After this uproar by the elephants in the early morning, there was chaos in the forest. Other people collecting Mahua in the forest ran away out of fear. People are angry with this incident. People blocked the road for two hours by keeping the dead body on the road. It should be noted that people suffering from the terror of elephants are angry with the forest department. The forest department immediately gave Rs 10,000 to the family of the deceased for the cremation. Four lakh rupees compensation will be given after completing the departmental process.

Dashrath Singh of Chirka village of China forest area had gone to collect Mahua at Dakuldah place in the forest next to Chirka village at 5 am on Saturday morning like usual days. Meanwhile, a herd of 20 to 25 elephants caught the deceased and trampled him to death.  He died on the spot. As soon as the news of this spread, there was panic among the villagers. Other people collecting Mahua in the forest ran away to save their lives.

Hearing the cries of the deceased's sons Kailash Singh, Sukhdev Singh and wife Rajkali Devi, the villagers informed the forest department personnel and police station in-charge Amit Kumar. 

On receiving the information, ASI Sukhram Oraon and forest department employee Animesh Kumar reached the spot and inspected the situation. When the police took the body in their custody and tried to take it for post-mortem, the deceased's family members, with the help of the villagers, placed the body on the China-Ranka road near the ITI building of Chirka village and demanded compensation.  Blocked of the road lasted for two hours. The villagers, angry on the forest department, said that the terror of elephants has been continuing in the block area villages for the last 7 months, but the forest department personnel have not yet taken any initiative to drive it away.

After the persuasion of intellectuals and ASI Sukhram Oraon,  Forest Guard Premchand Das gave Rs 10000 cash to the family of the deceased for cremation. Under the government provisions, compensation of Rs 400000 will be given soon.

Mahavir Singh Ramvriksh Singh, Dhanukdhari Singh, social worker Farid Khan, Nandu Singh, Parikha Bhuiyan, Forest Guard Animesh Kumar, ASI Sukhram Oraon of the police station and a large number of people were present on the spot.