Two elderly people were trampled to death and another person was injured in an attack by a herd of wild elephants at Lama upazila in Bandarban on Friday morning.The dear departed were Amir Ali, 70, and Khodeza Bibi, 65, of Sohrabpara of Aziznagar union of the upazila, and the injured was Bayati, 60, of the same area.
Md Jasim Uddin, chairman of the union parishad, said that a herd of wild elephants coming from a nearby jungle entered Sohrabpara area at about 8:00am.
Spider senses tingling at the proximity of the elephants, locals started running helter-skelter and the trio was trampled by them, leaving the woman deader than Tut and two others critically injured, he said.
The injured were rushed to Chakaria Upazila Health Complex in Cox’s Bazar, where Amir Ali departed this vale of tears on arrival, the chairman said, adding that Bayati was shifted to Cox’s Bazar General Hospital for better treatment as his condition was critical.
Anamul Haque Bhuiyan, in-charge of the Aziznagar police outpost, said that the wild elephants also vandalised establishments of the locals.