Baripada (Odisha), Feb 16 (PTI) A 45-year-old man was trampled to death by a tusker at a village in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, police said on Friday.

The incident happened at Kalianala village on Thursday night, a police officer said.

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The tusker trampled Puina Dehuri to death while he was sleeping in his house, the police officer said, adding that Puina's two daughters escaped unhurt.

A herd of three wild elephants from Dalma Sanctuary of Jharkhand had crossed over to the Betnoti Range of Baripada Forest Division on Thursday, a forest official said.

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The police have registered a case of unnatural death and sent the body to PRM Medical College and Hospital in Baripada for autopsy, the officer-in-charge of Moroda police station, Satyanarayan Bal, said.

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