Tikapur: A woman has been killed a wild elephant attack in Tikapur of Kailali district. The deceased has been identified as Tanki Sodari, 50, of Tikapur Municipality Ward No. 1 Block No. 16.
She was attacked by an elephant near Sital Community Forest on the way to Sankattighat in Ward No. 2 on Saturday. The deceased has been identified by Jhapat Sodari, a relative of the deceased.
The deceased Sodari has two sons. Chief of the Area Police Office, Tikapur, DSP Hem Bahadur Shahi said that she was attacked by an elephant while working on the embankment of the Karnali River. The body of the deceased has been kept at Tikapur Hospital.