C'garh: Wild elephant crushes woman, son to death

A woman and her four-year-old son were killed and two others were injured when a wild elephant attacked them in Chhattisgarh's Balrampur district, officials said on Saturday. The incident occurred on Friday late night in Sevari village under Rajpur development block, said KS Khutiya, Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO), Forest, Rajpur.

The deceased were identified as Saroj Tirki (35) and her son Vivek Tirki, he said. The jumbo, who was part of a herd of wild pachyderms, also attacked Shantisange Tirki (59) and Amarmani Tirki (58) but they somehow managed to free themselves.

Their condition is stated to be critical.