Man, daughter injured in tusker attack in Odisha

BERHAMPUR: A 43-year-old man and his minor daughter suffered injuries after being attacked by an elephant in Ganjam’s Bhanjanagar area on Sunday.

The injured, Trilochan Mantri and his eight-year-old daughter Khusi of Sarapada, have been admitted to Bhanjanagar hospital.

Sources said after being separated from its herd, a tusker entered Sarapada village under Mujagada forest range and damaged a house. When stray dogs started barking, the elephant started to chase them. Hearing the commotion, the Mantri family came out of the house. While Trilochan and Khusi were trampled by the tusker, his wife narrowly escaped.