Bhubaneswar, Feb. 10 -- In the latest outbreak of man-elephant conflict, three women were killed and equal numbers injured during noon hours on Tuesday as a wild tusker trampled them to death in forest-side Lochapali village in Odisha's Dhenkanal district, an official said.
The tragic incident occurred when a group of six women had entered the jungle under Sadar forest range to collect fuel wood and minor forest produce for domestic consumption. All of a sudden, a tusker on a rampage came from nowhere and trampled three of the group to death. The victims had gone into the nearby forest to collect minor forest produce. The furious male elephant picked them up by the trunk and tossed them up in the air. They suffered serious multiple injurie...