Elderly woman killed in elephant attack

A 60-year-old woman was killed in an attack by a wild elephant in Jashpur district of Chhattisgarh, a forest official said Tuesday. This is the sixth such incident in the area in the last 45 days, according to the official.

Etwari Bai was attacked by the pachyderm in forest near Kharijhariya village on Monday evening when she was gathering mushrooms, said Krishna Kumar Jadhav, Divisional Forest Officer (Jashpur). The kin of the deceased were given immediate relief of Rs 25,000, he said.

In a separate incident on Monday night, an elephant which was separated from its herd, reached Jashpur town and damaged boundary walls of some houses in Police Line area, the DFO said, adding that it also destroyed hutments near bus stand before entering nearby Sogda forest..