An elderly couple was trampled to death by wild elephants in Odisha’s Kalahandi district, police said on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The incident happened in Kadomali village in Lakhbaheli panchayat in Bhawanipatna South forest division on Saturday night, they said.<\/p>\n
Magun Majhi (70) and his wife Gada Majhi (65) were sleeping in their hut when the wild elephants attacked them, police said.<\/p>\n
The jumbos first vandalised their hut and then trampled the couple to death.<\/p>\n
The bodies were sent for post-mortem examinations, police said.<\/p>\n
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