The tusker trampled the girls to death, officials said. (Representative)
Rourkela:
Two sisters were trampled to death by a wild elephant after it attacked their house in Sundargarh district of Odisha on Sunday, officials said.
The incident took place at Kantapalli village in Tamada range in Bonai forest area, sources said.
The girls have been identified as Samiya Munda (12) and her sister Chandni Munda (3), they added.
The two girls were sleeping when the elephant attacked their Kuchcha house and destroyed part of it. When the adults saw the elephant, they fled, but the sleeping girls were left behind in the commotion.
The tusker trampled the girls to death, officials said.
Divisional forest officer Lalit Patra said, “We are keeping a close eye on the elephant as it roams in the area. “It is a lone bull elephant that has probably separated from its herd.” The elephant has a radio collar but cannot be located because the service provider of the GSM SIM card in it does not have a network in the area, he said .
The government will provide compensation to the sisters' family members, he added.
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