Jajpur: A 60-year-old man was killed in an elephant attack at Bandhapalli village under Shalapada panchayat in Odisha’s Jajpur district early Friday morning.

The deceased has been identified as Jagannath Rout.

According to reports, Rout had gone out of his house early in the morning when he came in front of an elephant standing near his house. The elephant, which had strayed from a nearby forest in search of food, attacked him, leaving him dead on the spot.

After receiving information about the incident, forest department personnel reached the spot and recovered the body. The body was subsequently taken to the Badachana Community Health Centre for post-mortem.