<p>A woman was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Jharkhand’s East Singhbhum district on Saturday, police said.</p>.<p>The 43-year-old woman identified as Prabhati Kar had gone to relieve herself in a forest in Kaliyam panchayat area under Chakulia police station when the elephant attacked her, police added.</p>.<p>The elephant, which had separated from its herd, has created panic among villagers in Chakulia, Ghatsila and Baharagora police station areas under Ghatsila subdivision for the past several days.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/seven-held-with-4-kg-elephant-tusks-worth-rs-719-crore-1225070.html" target="_blank">Seven held with 4 kg elephant tusks worth Rs 7.19 crore</a></strong></p>.<p>Following the incident, Baharagora JMM MLA Sameer Mohanty, police and forest officials rushed to the spot.</p>.<p>Mohanty handed over Rs 25,000 interim relief to the victim's family to perform her last rites.</p>.<p>Mohanty said he had also handed over Rs 4,000 to a 45-year-old man of the same village who had jumped from his rooftop in panic and fractured his leg on seeing the herd of elephants on Friday for treatment in Jamshedpur.</p>
<p>A woman was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Jharkhand’s East Singhbhum district on Saturday, police said.</p>.<p>The 43-year-old woman identified as Prabhati Kar had gone to relieve herself in a forest in Kaliyam panchayat area under Chakulia police station when the elephant attacked her, police added.</p>.<p>The elephant, which had separated from its herd, has created panic among villagers in Chakulia, Ghatsila and Baharagora police station areas under Ghatsila subdivision for the past several days.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/seven-held-with-4-kg-elephant-tusks-worth-rs-719-crore-1225070.html" target="_blank">Seven held with 4 kg elephant tusks worth Rs 7.19 crore</a></strong></p>.<p>Following the incident, Baharagora JMM MLA Sameer Mohanty, police and forest officials rushed to the spot.</p>.<p>Mohanty handed over Rs 25,000 interim relief to the victim's family to perform her last rites.</p>.<p>Mohanty said he had also handed over Rs 4,000 to a 45-year-old man of the same village who had jumped from his rooftop in panic and fractured his leg on seeing the herd of elephants on Friday for treatment in Jamshedpur.</p>