KalingaTimes Correspondent
Koraput: Two children of a family were trampled
to death by wild elephants in Kusumbhatta
village of Orissa's Koraput district on Monday
night sending shockwaves among the people
in the region.
Eight-year-old Kaushalya Santa and her
brother Gupta Santa (7) died when elephants
crushed near their house.
This is the second such incident in Kusumbhatta.
A woman of the village was killed by wild
elephants in a similar fashion on January
5.
Horrified villagers fled the village after
the elephants from the nearby forests entered
the area and killed the two children. They,
however, have since returned to their homes.
In another incident in Anandpur Block of
Keonjhar district a horde of wild elephants
have created havoc by damaging about 20
houses during the past few days. The elephants
were entering the tiny villages during night
in search of fodder, sources said.
