Kolkata, Jun 8 (PTI) A man was trampled to death by a tusker in West Bengal's Alipurduar district on Monday, a senior forest official said.

The elephant had strayed from the Jaldapara reserve forest and trampled the man to death after he suddenly came in front of the pachyderm, he said.

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Forest personnel later pushed the elephant back to the forest, the official added.

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