Elephant tramples infant to death

A 10-month-old infant was trampled to death while her mother and five-year-old sibling were injured when a stray wild elephant attacked them on Wednesday evening at Husmu village located between Bishunpur block of Gumla district and Mahuwadarn block of Latehar district on the Netarhat plateau. The deceased was identified as Surya Nagesia and the injured as Manita Nagesia and Abhi Nagesia. The two are undergoing training at the Sadar Hospital in Gumlamanita. "At about 5 pm on Wednesday, I along with my children were running towards our village after seeing an elephant near our house suddenly a dog started barking seeing the tusker the elephant then ran towards the dog which in turn ran towards us," said the 30-year-old mother. "The elephant then hit us with its leg we all fell down and became unconscious when I got regained my sense. I found my 10-month-old child was trampled to death." In the last 16 days, five persons have died in elephant attacks in Gumla district.