Bahraich (UP), Jan 11 (PTI) A herd of elephants killed a 30-year-old man guarding his fields in Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh, officials said.

Suresh, a resident of Bardiya village in the Katrania forest reserve area here, was surrounded and attacked by a herd of elephants Tuesday night when he was guarding his fields, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Akashdeep Badhwan told PTI.

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"The forest department has provided financial aid to the family of the deceased to get the postmortem examination done. Financial aid of Rs 5 lakh will also be given to the family," the DFO said.

He said the department is working to mitigate any possibility of man-animal conflict in the area with the help of villagers.

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