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Elephant Tramples Elderly Woman To Death In Chhattisgarh's Jashpur

Four women went to the Baigacha forest to collect mushrooms that grew following fresh spells of rain. Two others were injured and are undergoing treatment.

Jashpur: An elderly woman was trampled to death on Tuesday by an elephant in Jurgum village, part of the Baigacha forest range, under the Surguja division in Jashpur district of Chhattisgarh. Two others, who were seriously injured, are undergoing treatment at the hospital.

The forest department has deployed a team in the area to keep a tab on the tusker and has asked local people not to venture into the forest.

The victims went to collect mushrooms in the forest when they came under the surprise attack by the pacgydrem. Continuous rainfa

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