<p>A 60-year-old man was trampled to death by a wild elephant near a village inside a wildlife sanctuary in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur district in the wee hours on Wednesday, a forest department official said.</p>.<p>The incident occurred when Subhash Yadav was collecting forest produce near Narayanpur Pokhratoli village in the Badalkhol sanctuary forest range, the official said.</p>.<p>When Yadav did not return after a long time, his family started looking for him. They found his trampled body in the adjoining Thengna Kucha forest, he said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/chhattisgarh-seven-arrested-with-tiger-skin-in-bijapur-1232962.html" target="_blank">Chhattisgarh: Seven arrested with tiger skin in Bijapur</a></strong></p>.<p>Police and forest personnel also reached the spot and shifted the body.</p>.<p>The official said the deceased entered the forest despite being alerted about the movement of a herd of four elephants in the area.</p>.<p>The kin of the deceased was provided with an instant relief amount of Rs 25,000 and the remaining compensation of Rs 5.75 lakh will be given later, he said.</p>.<p>Human-elephant conflicts in the northern part of Chhattisgarh had been a major cause of concern for the last decade. The districts which have been facing the menace mainly are Surguja, Jashpur, Raigarh, Korba, Surajpur, and Balrampur.</p>.<p>According to the forest department, more than 230 people were killed in elephant attacks in Chhattisgarh in the last three years.</p>
<p>A 60-year-old man was trampled to death by a wild elephant near a village inside a wildlife sanctuary in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur district in the wee hours on Wednesday, a forest department official said.</p>.<p>The incident occurred when Subhash Yadav was collecting forest produce near Narayanpur Pokhratoli village in the Badalkhol sanctuary forest range, the official said.</p>.<p>When Yadav did not return after a long time, his family started looking for him. They found his trampled body in the adjoining Thengna Kucha forest, he said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/chhattisgarh-seven-arrested-with-tiger-skin-in-bijapur-1232962.html" target="_blank">Chhattisgarh: Seven arrested with tiger skin in Bijapur</a></strong></p>.<p>Police and forest personnel also reached the spot and shifted the body.</p>.<p>The official said the deceased entered the forest despite being alerted about the movement of a herd of four elephants in the area.</p>.<p>The kin of the deceased was provided with an instant relief amount of Rs 25,000 and the remaining compensation of Rs 5.75 lakh will be given later, he said.</p>.<p>Human-elephant conflicts in the northern part of Chhattisgarh had been a major cause of concern for the last decade. The districts which have been facing the menace mainly are Surguja, Jashpur, Raigarh, Korba, Surajpur, and Balrampur.</p>.<p>According to the forest department, more than 230 people were killed in elephant attacks in Chhattisgarh in the last three years.</p>