Bhubaneswar, Nov. 11 -- An elderly man was trampled to death by an elephant on Tuesday in the Bimala forest area under Telkoi Forest Range in Odisha's Keonjhar district. The deceased was identified as Banamali Das, a resident of Gopinathpur village.

The incident occurred when Banamali was travelling on his bicycle through the forest area. Locals later spotted him lying dead and informed the Forest Department.

Forest Department personnel and Telkoi police reached the spot and recovered the body. It was subsequently sent for post-mortem examination.

In a similar incident, a man was trampled to death by an elephant while sleeping at his house inside a forest at Dahimal village under Deogaon police limits in Bolangir district on October 21...